=========================================================================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