CVE-2014-3538

CVE Details

Release Date:

2014-06-27

Description

file before 5.19 does not properly restrict the amount of data readduring 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.

See more information about CVE-2014-3538 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.3	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (file)	ELSA-2016-0760	2016-05-12
Oracle Linux version 7 (file)	ELSA-2015-2155	2015-11-23
Oracle Linux version 7 (php)	ELSA-2014-1327	2014-09-30
Oracle VM version 3.3 (file)	OVMSA-2016-0050	2016-05-13
Oracle VM version 3.4 (file)	OVMSA-2016-0050	2016-05-13

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