gsd-2014-3538
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:22
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.
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Aliases
CVE-2014-3538


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