ALAS-2014-323 ---- file python-magicID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:1600045 | Date: (C)2016-01-07 (M)2022-11-07 |
Class: PATCH | Family: unix |
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 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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Amazon Linux AMI |