CVE-2014-3538

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Christos Zoulas file

First reported 10 years ago

2014-07-03 14:55:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2018-01-05 02:29:00

Affected Software

Christos Zoulas file 5.00

5.00

Christos Zoulas file 5.01

5.01

Christos Zoulas file 5.02

5.02

Christos Zoulas file 5.03

5.03

Christos Zoulas file 5.04

5.04

Christos Zoulas file 5.05

5.05

Christos Zoulas file 5.06

5.06

Christos Zoulas file 5.07

5.07

Christos Zoulas file 5.08

5.08

Christos Zoulas file 5.09

5.09

Christos Zoulas file 5.10

5.10

Christos Zoulas file 5.11

5.11

Christos Zoulas file 5.12

5.12

Christos Zoulas file 5.13

5.13

Christos Zoulas file 5.14

5.14

Christos Zoulas file 5.15

5.15

Christos Zoulas file 5.16

5.16

Christos Zoulas file 5.17

5.17

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