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Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-2863-01
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-2863-01 - Ctags is a C programming language indexing and cross-reference tool.
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: ctags security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:2863-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Issue date: 2023-05-16
CVE Names: CVE-2022-4515
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- Summary:
An update for ctags is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.
- Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
- Description:
Ctags is a C programming language indexing and cross-reference tool.
Security Fix(es):
- ctags: arbitrary command execution via a tag file with a crafted filename
(CVE-2022-4515)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.
- Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
- Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
2153519 - CVE-2022-4515 ctags: arbitrary command execution via a tag file with a crafted filename
- Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source:
ctags-5.8-23.el8.src.rpm
aarch64:
ctags-5.8-23.el8.aarch64.rpm
ctags-debuginfo-5.8-23.el8.aarch64.rpm
ctags-debugsource-5.8-23.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
ctags-5.8-23.el8.ppc64le.rpm
ctags-debuginfo-5.8-23.el8.ppc64le.rpm
ctags-debugsource-5.8-23.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
ctags-5.8-23.el8.s390x.rpm
ctags-debuginfo-5.8-23.el8.s390x.rpm
ctags-debugsource-5.8-23.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
ctags-5.8-23.el8.x86_64.rpm
ctags-debuginfo-5.8-23.el8.x86_64.rpm
ctags-debugsource-5.8-23.el8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8):
aarch64:
ctags-debuginfo-5.8-23.el8.aarch64.rpm
ctags-debugsource-5.8-23.el8.aarch64.rpm
ctags-etags-5.8-23.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
ctags-debuginfo-5.8-23.el8.ppc64le.rpm
ctags-debugsource-5.8-23.el8.ppc64le.rpm
ctags-etags-5.8-23.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
ctags-debuginfo-5.8-23.el8.s390x.rpm
ctags-debugsource-5.8-23.el8.s390x.rpm
ctags-etags-5.8-23.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
ctags-debuginfo-5.8-23.el8.x86_64.rpm
ctags-debugsource-5.8-23.el8.x86_64.rpm
ctags-etags-5.8-23.el8.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
- References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4515
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.8_release_notes/index
- Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is [email protected]. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2023 Red Hat, Inc.
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An update for ctags is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original. Related CVEs: * CVE-2022-4515: A flaw was found in Exuberant Ctags in the way it handles the "-o" option. This option specifies the tag filename. A crafted tag filename specified in the command line or in the configuration file results in arbitrary command execution because the externalSortTags() in sort.c calls the system(3) function in an unsafe way.
Ubuntu Security Notice 5820-1 - Lorenz Hipp discovered a flaw in exuberant-ctags handling of the tag filename command-line argument. A crafted tag filename specified in the command line or in the configuration file could result in arbitrary command execution.
A flaw was found in Exuberant Ctags in the way it handles the "-o" option. This option specifies the tag filename. A crafted tag filename specified in the command line or in the configuration file results in arbitrary command execution because the externalSortTags() in sort.c calls the system(3) function in an unsafe way.