CVE-2014-3538

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-3538
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-07-03 14:55:07 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionfile 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.00 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.01 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.02 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.03 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.04 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.05 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.06 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.07 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.08 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.09 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.10 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.11 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.12 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.13 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.14 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.15 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.16 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.17 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File All All All All
Application Php Php All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
If requested, limit search length. · file/file@74cafd7 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
About the security content of OS X Yosemite v10.10.3 and Security Update 2015-004 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3008-1 php5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Update regex recommendation. · file/file@758e066 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA60696 - Debian update for php5 - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Bulletin Board Update - January 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Limit regex search for BEGIN to the first 4K of the file. · file/file@71a8b6c · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
* Enforce limit of 8K on regex searches that have no limits · file/file@4a284c8 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
APPLE-SA-2015-04-08-2 OS X 10.10.3 and Security Update 2015-004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
PHP Fileinfo Component Incomplete Fix Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2017 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - changing CVE ID for RH Bugzilla 1098222 (from CVE-2014-0235) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
file-5.19 is now available af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mx.gw.com Broken Link
Bug 1098222 – CVE-2014-3538 file: unrestricted regular expression matching af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Linux Bulletin - April 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3021-1 file af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
document regex limit. · file/file@69a5a43 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
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