Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-146 - 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 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 updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2014:146
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : file
Date : July 31, 2014
Affected: Business Server 1.0
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Problem Description:
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in file:
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 (CVE-2014-3538).
The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3538
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2278-1/
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Updated Packages:
Mandriva Business Server 1/X86_64:
0636c4e876032a3ff1002c5d63de21d9 mbs1/x86_64/file-5.12-1.4.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
ff23b901c9785895ba3f28fff7bf0de3 mbs1/x86_64/lib64magic1-5.12-1.4.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
42fd86544666d9dfaaacf024a10f7b8d mbs1/x86_64/lib64magic-devel-5.12-1.4.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
49a659053ba64b6c876327ea4502fd48 mbs1/x86_64/lib64magic-static-devel-5.12-1.4.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
800f518cb307bc382b7ca75482e41371 mbs1/x86_64/python-magic-5.12-1.4.mbs1.noarch.rpm
88247988206ea8316ff26621797b249f mbs1/SRPMS/file-5.12-1.4.mbs1.src.rpm
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
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