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GHSA-QR9X-29JH-MG6X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-12-20 21:30 – Updated: 2022-12-29 18:30

Details

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.

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2022-4515 (GCVE-0-2022-4515)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-20 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-14 18:14

Summary

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-78

Assigner

redhat

References

URL

Tags

	https://sourceforge.net/p/ctags/code/HEAD/tree/ta…
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022…	mailing-list

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	Exuberant Ctags	Affected: All versions are affected

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2022-4515 (GCVE-0-2022-4515)

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