CVE-2014-3538

Name	CVE-2014-3538
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-50-1, DLA-67-1, DSA-3008-1, DSA-3021-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
file (PTS)	bullseye (security), bullseye	1:5.39-3+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	1:5.44-3	fixed
	sid, trixie	1:5.45-3	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
file	source	squeeze	5.04-5+squeeze7	DLA-50-1
file	source	wheezy	5.11-2+deb7u4	DSA-3021-1
file	source	(unstable)	1:5.19-1
php5	source	squeeze	5.3.3-7+squeeze22	DLA-67-1
php5	source	wheezy	5.4.4-14+deb7u13	DSA-3008-1
php5	source	(unstable)	5.6.0~rc4+dfsg-1

fix relies on the new feature that introduced regex/<length> syntax, might be too intrusive for backporting.
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67705