rhsa-2023_2863
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2023-05-16 08:45
Modified
2024-11-22 21:23
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: ctags security update

Notes

Topic
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.
Details
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.
Terms of Use
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      "title": "ctags: arbitrary command execution via a tag file with a crafted filename"
    }
  ]
}


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