Resource Management Errors Affecting php-pspell package, versions <0:5.4.16-23.el7_0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.22% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PHPPSPELL-4501539
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed27 Jun 2014

Introduced: 27 Jun 2014

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 php-pspell to version 0:5.4.16-23.el7_0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:1327.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php-pspell package and not the php-pspell package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1