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Resource Management Errors Affecting file package, versions <1:5.19-1

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 1.78% (88th percentile)
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NVD
5.3 medium
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Red Hat
4.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-FILE-300999
  • published 3 Jul 2014
  • disclosed 3 Jul 2014
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Introduced: 3 Jul 2014

CVE-2014-3538 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-399 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 file to version 1:5.19-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream file package and not the file package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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