CVE-2013-7345

Public Exploit

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.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.32% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://github.com/file/file/commit/ef2329cf71acb59204dd981e2c6cce6c81fe467c	exploit third party advisory patch
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=703993	issue tracking third party advisory
http://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=164	issue tracking patch exploit third party advisory broken link
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443	third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2873	third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-7345?: CVE-2013-7345 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-7345?: To fix CVE-2013-7345, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-7345 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2013-7345 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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