Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Exuberant Ctags vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-2371-1 | First vendor Publication | 2014-10-08 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2014-10-08 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: Exuberant Ctags could be made to consume resources. Software Description: - exuberant-ctags: build tag file indexes of source code definitions Details: 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. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2371-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-399 | Resource Management Errors |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27063 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27063 | ||
| Title: | DSA-3042-1 exuberant-ctags - security update | ||
| Description: | 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. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-3042-1 CVE-2014-7204 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7.0 | Product(s): | exuberant-ctags |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27091 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27091 | ||
| Title: | USN-2371-1 -- exuberant-ctags vulnerability | ||
| Description: | Exuberant Ctags could be made to consume resources. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-2371-1 CVE-2014-7204 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 14.04 Ubuntu 12.04 | Product(s): | exuberant-ctags |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 | |
| Os | 2 | |
| Os | 1 | |
| Os | 2 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2016-09-02 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-2097-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-03-31 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2015-178.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-03-26 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-69.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-10-27 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2014-206.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-10-11 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-11924.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-10-09 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-2371-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-10-06 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3042.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-10-10 13:25:54 |
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| 2014-10-08 21:28:53 |
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| 2014-10-08 21:21:15 |
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