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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2014.1771 exuberant-ctags security update 7 October 2014 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: exuberant-ctags Publisher: Debian Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 7 UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2014-7204 Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3042 Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators running exuberant-ctags check for an updated version of the software for their operating system. - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3042-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff October 04, 2014 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : exuberant-ctags CVE ID : CVE-2014-7204 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. For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1:5.9~svn20110310-4+deb7u1. For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1:5.9~svn20110310-8. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1:5.9~svn20110310-8. We recommend that you upgrade your exuberant-ctags packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUL77oAAoJEBDCk7bDfE42VdIQALEuGpwm9s59VdmdrMGD+zwQ cHxLiW8C2yQ8XkNEUPCnxn+QakKI2WCUgVC5gXlneHXittDHOhnhoeRKEcExgRfo vWh2l5Oz45DYi1U1IGuxMJ/14rQXJ4v6zOi+j+WI4eQ8FtE8Rrndmn4t2RPuB689 8uX8qFURxJ7sJ9vcElpX4swDQJGSWwSPBhEQu/IE0a/xCZSKPLfcc3t1EnEw40GD vrq07RqlgA+9twT6rh2akx8aqjB4I0UNyPeNLrqN+cEavP9eIbJ1dvknzfo1/eg+ dMd4Jqb7Dxsz1HIetr/+xk5LnYc4GV7OF3I/QnT1e/HQrcj5Yri37LFii5a4iZiA dXUVGvcsuxpOBrY/eXdp8GLD8azNhn+pAwFd5FggUqYndCaSuFte/KNMNCYrCE8D e9psJ+ApdTbPD888/XsxQZ3IUqB6F11iADG45/1DQNsWCKtsMYzmbi6L4cotxpOk a+i/oocF0Ce1sezav0kMWEqIepCoUc0L3A+o9dvgOFRPvu3lQR0K6j4LPS2N+rOa igSg9UuYziPR6tgwWlDV22hhkWDNfjsXTZgP2eGF7sZZkMTkSM9elSUaVTbexeDQ uJzk/Tgv4z7tE2Y1nI3NmJaAydrRG+T3WUIMaO5Lm1BdkbS1va0t9s3CgJkAEFTC kIYQ9dvsofJgaVviTC8W =sf1J - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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