OESA-2023-1694

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Source

https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2023-1694

Import Source

https://repo.openeuler.org/security/data/osv/OESA-2023-1694.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/OESA-2023-1694

Upstream

CVE-2022-4515

Published

2023-09-28T11:06:02Z

Modified

2025-08-12T05:15:57.014899Z

Summary

ctags security update

Details

Ctags generates an index (or tag) file of language objects found in source files that allows these items to be quickly and easily located by a text editor or other utility. A tag signifies a language object for which an index entry is available (or, alternatively, the index entry created for that object).

Security Fix(es):

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.(CVE-2022-4515)

Database specific

{
    "severity": "High"
}

References

Affected packages

openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP2 / ctags

Package

Name: ctags
Purl: pkg:rpm/openEuler/ctags&distro=openEuler-22.03-LTS-SP2

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

5.8-29.oe2203sp2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "x86_64": [
        "ctags-debuginfo-5.8-29.oe2203sp2.x86_64.rpm",
        "ctags-debugsource-5.8-29.oe2203sp2.x86_64.rpm",
        "ctags-5.8-29.oe2203sp2.x86_64.rpm"
    ],
    "src": [
        "ctags-5.8-29.oe2203sp2.src.rpm"
    ],
    "noarch": [
        "ctags-help-5.8-29.oe2203sp2.noarch.rpm"
    ],
    "aarch64": [
        "ctags-debuginfo-5.8-29.oe2203sp2.aarch64.rpm",
        "ctags-debugsource-5.8-29.oe2203sp2.aarch64.rpm",
        "ctags-5.8-29.oe2203sp2.aarch64.rpm"
    ]
}