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CVE-2014-3538

Published: Jul 03, 2014 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
4.3 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3538
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html

file before 5.19 does not properly restrict the amount of data read during a regex search, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted file that triggers backtracking during processing of an awk rule. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-7345.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FileChristos_zoulas*5.18 (including)
FileChristos_zoulas5.00 (including)5.00 (including)
FileChristos_zoulas5.01 (including)5.01 (including)
FileChristos_zoulas5.02 (including)5.02 (including)
FileChristos_zoulas5.03 (including)5.03 (including)
FileChristos_zoulas5.04 (including)5.04 (including)
FileChristos_zoulas5.05 (including)5.05 (including)
FileChristos_zoulas5.06 (including)5.06 (including)
FileChristos_zoulas5.07 (including)5.07 (including)
FileChristos_zoulas5.08 (including)5.08 (including)
FileChristos_zoulas5.09 (including)5.09 (including)
FileChristos_zoulas5.10 (including)5.10 (including)
FileChristos_zoulas5.11 (including)5.11 (including)
FileChristos_zoulas5.12 (including)5.12 (including)
FileChristos_zoulas5.13 (including)5.13 (including)
FileChristos_zoulas5.14 (including)5.14 (including)
FileChristos_zoulas5.15 (including)5.15 (including)
FileChristos_zoulas5.16 (including)5.16 (including)
FileChristos_zoulas5.17 (including)5.17 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatfile-0:5.04-30.el6*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatphp-0:5.4.16-23.el7_0.1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatfile-0:5.11-31.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatphp54-php-0:5.4.16-22.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatphp55-php-0:5.5.6-13.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 EUSRedHatphp54-php-0:5.4.16-22.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 EUSRedHatphp55-php-0:5.5.6-13.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSRedHatphp54-php-0:5.4.16-22.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSRedHatphp55-php-0:5.5.6-13.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSRedHatphp54-php-0:5.4.16-22.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSRedHatphp55-php-0:5.5.6-13.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatphp54-php-0:5.4.16-22.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatphp55-php-0:5.5.6-13.el7*
FileUbuntudevel*
FileUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
FileUbuntulucid*
FileUbuntuprecise*
FileUbuntusaucy*
FileUbuntutrusty*
FileUbuntutrusty/esm*
FileUbuntuupstream*

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