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Debian DSA-3042-1 : exuberant-ctags - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 78044

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Stefano Zacchiroli discovered a vulnerability in exuberant-ctags, a tool to build tag file indexes of source code definitions: Certain JavaScript files cause ctags to enter an infinite loop until it runs out of disk space, resulting in denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the exuberant-ctags packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1:5.9~svn20110310-4+deb7u1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/exuberant-ctags

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3042

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 78044

File Name: debian_DSA-3042.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/6/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:exuberant-ctags, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/4/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-7204

BID: 70168

DSA: 3042