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.

A denial of service issue was discovered in ctags. This could lead to excessive CPU and disk space consumption.

This update resolves this issue

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - ctags: possible denial of service (CVE-2014-7204)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

Updated ctags package fixes security vulnerability :

A denial of service issue was discovered in ctags 5.8. A remote attacker could cause excessive CPU usage and disk space consumption via a crafted JavaScript file by triggering an infinite loop (CVE-2014-7204).

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - ctags: possible denial of service (CVE-2014-7204)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

This update for ctags fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2014-7204: Potential denial of service (infinite     loop and CPU and disk consumption) via a crafted     JavaScript file. (bsc#899486)

  - Missing Requires(post) on coreutils as it is using     rm(1). (bsc#976920)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - ctags: possible denial of service (CVE-2014-7204)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2371-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Exuberant Ctags incorrectly handled certain minified js files. An attacker could     use this issue to possibly cause Exuberant Ctags to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Stefano Zacchiroli discovered that certain JavaScript input files cause ctags to enter an infinite loop until it runs out of disk space.
This update fixes the JavaScript parser.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
78044	Debian DSA-3042-1 : exuberant-ctags - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	10/6/2014	1/11/2021	medium
78248	Fedora 20 : ctags-5.8-16.fc20 (2014-11924)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	10/11/2014	1/11/2021	medium
199435	RHEL 5 : ctags (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/3/2024	6/3/2024	high
82453	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ctags (MDVSA-2015:178)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	3/31/2015	1/14/2021	medium
199424	RHEL 7 : ctags (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/3/2024	6/3/2024	high
93297	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : ctags (SUSE-SU-2016:2097-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	9/2/2016	1/6/2021	medium
199413	RHEL 6 : ctags (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/3/2024	6/3/2024	high
78107	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Exuberant Ctags vulnerability (USN-2371-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	10/9/2014	8/28/2024	high
78685	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ctags (MDVSA-2014:206)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	10/27/2014	1/6/2021	medium
82214	Debian DLA-69-1 : exuberant-ctags security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	3/26/2015	1/11/2021	medium

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