CVE - CVE-2013-7345

CVE-ID
CVE-2013-7345	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The BEGIN regular expression in the awk script detector in magic/Magdir/commands in file before 5.15 uses multiple wildcards with unlimited repetitions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted ASCII file that triggers a large amount of backtracking, as demonstrated via a file with many newline characters.
References
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CONFIRM:http://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=164 CONFIRM:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443 CONFIRM:https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=703993 CONFIRM:https://github.com/file/file/commit/ef2329cf71acb59204dd981e2c6cce6c81fe467c DEBIAN:DSA-2873 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2873 REDHAT:RHSA-2014:1765 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20140323	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20140323)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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