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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-146

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-146
Posted Aug 1, 2014
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

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.

tags | advisory, remote, denial of service
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2014-3538
SHA-256 | fa290b8e95b59d4f224b945b129eabba35dc04cef583a48ad8ae9a0becee442f

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-146

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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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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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