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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cve-icon 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

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2014-07-03T14:55:07.537

Modified: 2023-01-19T16:34:16.133

Link: CVE-2014-3538

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-06-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-3538 - Bugzilla