MGASA-2014-0178

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CVE-2013-7345
Published: 17 Apr 2014, 20:20
Last modified:16 Apr 2026, 06:25

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

17 Apr 2014, 20:20
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
16 Apr 2026, 06:25
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Updated php packages fix security vulnerability Updated php packages fix security vulnerability: 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 (CVE-2013-7345). PHP contains a bundled copy of the file utility's libmagic library, so it was vulnerable to this issue. It has been updated to versions 5.4.27 and 5.5.11, which fix this issue and several other bugs. Also, the timezonedb PHP PECL module has been updated to its newest version. Additionally, php-apc has been rebuilt against the updated php packages.

Affected Systems

  • mageia•php

    < 5.4.27-1.mga3

  • mageia•php-apc

    < 3.1.14-7.7.mga3

  • mageia•php-gd-bundled

    < 5.4.27-1.mga3

  • mageia•php-timezonedb

    < 2014.2-1.mga3

  • mageia•php

    < 5.5.11-1.mga4

  • mageia•php-apc

    < 3.1.15-4.2.mga4

  • mageia•php-timezonedb

    < 2014.2-1.mga4

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