CVE-2014-3538
GNU Awk Regex Injection Denial of Service
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
July 3, 2014, 2:55 p.m.
Last Modified :
Jan. 19, 2023, 4:34 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
10.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2014-3538 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2014-3538
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2014-3538.
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List of RegEx DoS (ReDoS) CVEs and resources
security awesome redos regex dos regex-dos pentesting awesome-list regex-security
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2014-3538 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2014-3538 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 19, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001553.html No Types Assigned http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001553.html Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/30/7 No Types Assigned http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/30/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1327.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1327.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/60696 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/60696 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3008 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3008 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3021 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3021 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68348 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68348 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1098222 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1098222 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/file/file/commit/4a284c89d6ef11aca34da65da7d673050a5ea320 Exploit, Patch https://github.com/file/file/commit/4a284c89d6ef11aca34da65da7d673050a5ea320 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/file/file/commit/69a5a43b3b71f53b0577f41264a073f495799610 Patch https://github.com/file/file/commit/69a5a43b3b71f53b0577f41264a073f495799610 Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/file/file/commit/71a8b6c0d758acb0f73e2e51421a711b5e9d6668 Exploit, Patch https://github.com/file/file/commit/71a8b6c0d758acb0f73e2e51421a711b5e9d6668 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/file/file/commit/74cafd7de9ec99a14f4480927580e501c8f852c3 Exploit, Patch https://github.com/file/file/commit/74cafd7de9ec99a14f4480927580e501c8f852c3 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/file/file/commit/758e066df72fb1ac08d2eea91ddc3973d259e991 Exploit, Patch https://github.com/file/file/commit/758e066df72fb1ac08d2eea91ddc3973d259e991 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT204659 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT204659 Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.4.0 up to (excluding) 5.4.32 *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.5.0 up to (excluding) 5.5.16 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 05, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 20, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 07, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/60696 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68348 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 26, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 15, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 04, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 14, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT204659 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 19, 2014
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3021 Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 14, 2014
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1327.html -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 07, 2014
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-3538 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-3538
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
1.78 }} 0.00%
score
0.87611
percentile