CVE-2014-3538
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2014-06-27 | |
| Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
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
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Vector String: | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Network |
| Attack Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| 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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