{"id":"MGASA-2014-0307","summary":"Updated file packages fix security vulnerability","details":"file before 5.19 does not properly restrict the amount of data read during\na regex search, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service\n(CPU consumption) via a crafted file that triggers backtracking during\nprocessing of an awk rule, due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-7345\n(CVE-2014-3538).\n\nThe Mageia 3 update also fixes a possible crash in softmagic.c due to an\nimproperly rediffed patch for a memory leak in a previous update (mga#13701).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T01:46:41.857137741Z","published":"2014-08-05T20:08:48Z","upstream":["CVE-2014-3538"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0307.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13667"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13701"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2278-1/"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"file","ecosystem":"Mageia:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/file?arch=source&distro=mageia-3"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.12-8.6.mga3"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0307.json"}},{"package":{"name":"file","ecosystem":"Mageia:4","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/file?arch=source&distro=mageia-4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.16-1.5.mga4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0307.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}