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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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2014-07-03T14:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T10:50:16.893Z
Reserved: 2014-05-14T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2014-3538
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2014-07-03T14:55:07.537
Modified: 2024-11-21T02:08:19.783
Link: CVE-2014-3538
Redhat