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CVE-2022-4515

Publication date 20 December 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
exuberant-ctags 22.10 kinetic
Fixed 1:5.9~svn20110310-16ubuntu0.22.10.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1:5.9~svn20110310-16ubuntu0.22.04.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:5.9~svn20110310-12ubuntu0.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1:5.9~svn20110310-11ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H