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.
References
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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Information
Published : 2014-07-03 14:55
Updated : 2018-01-05 02:29
NVD link : CVE-2014-3538
Mitre link : CVE-2014-3538
JSON object : View
Products Affected
christos_zoulas
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CWE
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors
