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Vulnerability details: VCID-6s6r-52vh-aaag
Vulnerability ID VCID-6s6r-52vh-aaag
Aliases CVE-2014-3538
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
System Score Found at
generic_textual Low http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001553.html
generic_textual Low http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/30/7
generic_textual Low http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2014/CVE-2014-3538.html
rhas Moderate https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1327
rhas Important https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1765
rhas Important https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1766
rhas Moderate https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2155
rhas Moderate https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0760
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generic_textual Low https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1098222
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0207
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0237
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0238
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3478
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3479
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3480
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3487
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3538
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3587
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3597
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4670
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3538
generic_textual Low https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2278-1
cvssv3.1 7.5 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
generic_textual HIGH http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
cvssv3.1 8.8 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
generic_textual HIGH http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
generic_textual HIGH http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001553.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/30/7
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2014/CVE-2014-3538.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1327.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2014-3538.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-3538
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1098222
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0207
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0237
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0238
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3478
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3479
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3480
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3487
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3538
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3587
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3597
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4670
http://secunia.com/advisories/60696
https://github.com/file/file/commit/4a284c89d6ef11aca34da65da7d673050a5ea320
https://github.com/file/file/commit/69a5a43b3b71f53b0577f41264a073f495799610
https://github.com/file/file/commit/71a8b6c0d758acb0f73e2e51421a711b5e9d6668
https://github.com/file/file/commit/74cafd7de9ec99a14f4480927580e501c8f852c3
https://github.com/file/file/commit/758e066df72fb1ac08d2eea91ddc3973d259e991
https://support.apple.com/HT204659
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2278-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3008
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3021
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68348
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CVE-2014-3538 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3538
RHSA-2014:1327 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1327
RHSA-2014:1765 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1765
RHSA-2014:1766 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1766
RHSA-2015:2155 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2155
RHSA-2016:0760 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0760
USN-2278-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/2278-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3538
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.85063
EPSS Score 0.01221
Published At Dec. 17, 2024, midnight
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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