=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2371-1
October 08, 2014

exuberant-ctags vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Exuberant Ctags could be made to consume resources.

Software Description:
- exuberant-ctags: build tag file indexes of source code definitions

Details:

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.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  exuberant-ctags                 1:5.9~svn20110310-7ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  exuberant-ctags                 1:5.9~svn20110310-3ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2371-1
  CVE-2014-7204

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exuberant-ctags/1:5.9~svn20110310-7ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exuberant-ctags/1:5.9~svn20110310-3ubuntu0.1


Ubuntu 2371-1: Exuberant Ctags vulnerability

October 8, 2014
Exuberant Ctags could be made to consume resources.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: exuberant-ctags 1:5.9~svn20110310-7ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: exuberant-ctags 1:5.9~svn20110310-3ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2371-1

CVE-2014-7204

Severity
October 08, 2014

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exuberant-ctags/1:5.9~svn20110310-7ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exuberant-ctags/1:5.9~svn20110310-3ubuntu0.1

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