ubuntu-cve-2014-3538
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2014-07-03 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "file",
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libmagic1",
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-magic",
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python3-magic",
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "file",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/file@1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "5.11-2ubuntu4",
        "1:5.14-2ubuntu1",
        "1:5.14-2ubuntu2",
        "1:5.14-2ubuntu3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3538",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:42Z",
  "published": "2014-07-03T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3538"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1098222"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/30/7"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001553.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2278-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3538"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-2278-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2014-3538"
  ]
}



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