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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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2014-07-03T14:00:00
Updated: 2018-01-04T19:57:01
Reserved: 2014-05-14T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2014-3538
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NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2014-07-03T14:55:07.537
Modified: 2023-01-19T16:34:16.133
Link: CVE-2014-3538
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CWE