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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Christos Zoulas file up to 5.18. This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 07/03/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-3538 since 05/14/2014. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77307 (Debian DSA-3008-1 : php5 - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350347 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for file: ALAS-2014-382).

Upgrading to version 5.06 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (94324), Tenable (77307), SecurityFocus (BID 68348†), Secunia (SA60696†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-45552†). The entry VDB-108029 is pretty similar.

Productinfo

Vendor

• Christos Zoulas

Name

• file

Version

• 5.00
• 5.01
• 5.02
• 5.03
• 5.04
• 5.05
• 5.06
• 5.07
• 5.08
• 5.09
• 5.10
• 5.11
• 5.12
• 5.13
• 5.14
• 5.15
• 5.16
• 5.17
• 5.18

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 77307
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-3008-1 : php5 - security update
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Nessus Risk: 🔍
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OpenVAS ID: 703008
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3008-1 (php5 - security update)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: file 5.06
Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

05/14/2014 🔍
06/26/2014 +43 days 🔍
06/27/2014 +1 days 🔍
07/03/2014 +6 days 🔍
07/03/2014 +0 days 🔍
07/21/2014 +18 days 🔍
08/22/2014 +32 days 🔍
08/26/2014 +4 days 🔍
03/26/2015 +212 days 🔍
03/24/2022 +2555 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 4a284c89d6ef11aca34da65da7d673050a5ea320
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2014-3538 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍
IAVM: 🔍

X-Force: 94324
SecurityFocus: 68348 - PHP Fileinfo Component Incomplete Fix Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 60696 - Debian update for php5, Moderately Critical
Vulnerability Center: 45552 - Christos Zoulas File <5.19 and PHP <5.4.32, <5.5.16 Remote DoS via a Crafted File, Medium

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2015 12:07 PM
Updated: 03/24/2022 10:47 AM
Changes: 03/26/2015 12:07 PM (74), 06/02/2017 08:08 AM (6), 03/24/2022 10:36 AM (4), 03/24/2022 10:41 AM (1), 03/24/2022 10:47 AM (1)
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Cache ID: 35:AE0:40

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