USN-2371-1

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / exuberant-ctags

Package

Name: exuberant-ctags
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/exuberant-ctags@1:5.9~svn20110310-7ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1:5.9~svn20110310-7ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1:5.*

1:5.9~svn20110310-6

1:5.9~svn20110310-7

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.9~svn20110310-7ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "exuberant-ctags"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2014-7204",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2371-1.json"