{"id":"MGASA-2014-0142","summary":"Updated file packages fix security vulnerabilities","details":"The BEGIN regular expression in the awk script detector in\nmagic/Magdir/commands in file before 5.15 uses multiple wildcards with\nunlimited repetitions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a\ndenial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted ASCII file that triggers a\nlarge amount of backtracking, as demonstrated via a file with many newline\ncharacters (CVE-2013-7345).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T01:47:47.867476332Z","published":"2014-03-31T19:34:34Z","upstream":["CVE-2013-7345"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0142.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13105"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-March/130688.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"file","ecosystem":"Mageia:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/file?arch=source&distro=mageia-3"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.12-8.3.mga3"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0142.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}