Resource Management Errors Affecting file package, versions <1:5.19-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.22% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-FILE-515594
  • published3 Jul 2014
  • disclosed3 Jul 2014

Introduced: 3 Jul 2014

CVE-2014-3538  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 file to version 1:5.19-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream file package and not the file package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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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