CVE-2013-7345
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.
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EPSS
Probabilidad de explotación (próx. 30 días): 0.0113 (1.1%)
Percentil: 78.4%
EPSS: 2026-05-06
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christos_zoulas:filephp:phpdebian:debian_linuxDescripción técnica
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.
Publicada: 24/3/2014, 16:31:08
Última modificación: 6/5/2026, 22:30:45
Referencias
- http://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=164
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2873
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=703993
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/ef2329cf71acb59204dd981e2c6cce6c81fe467c
- http://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=164
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html