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OESA-2023-1694 (CVE-2022-4515)

Vulnerability from osv_openeuler – Published: 2023-09-28 11:06 – Updated: 2026-08-06 11:06 – Source website

Summary

ctags security update

Details

Ctags generates an index (or tag) file of language objects found in source files that allows these items to be quickly and easily located by a text editor or other utility. A tag signifies a language object for which an index entry is available (or, alternatively, the index entry created for that object).

Security Fix(es):

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.(CVE-2022-4515)

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

References

URL

Type

	https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bull…	ADVISORY
	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4515	ADVISORY

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      "ecosystem_specific": {
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          "ctags-debuginfo-5.8-29.oe2203sp2.aarch64.rpm",
          "ctags-debugsource-5.8-29.oe2203sp2.aarch64.rpm",
          "ctags-5.8-29.oe2203sp2.aarch64.rpm"
        ],
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          "ctags-help-5.8-29.oe2203sp2.noarch.rpm"
        ],
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        ],
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        "ecosystem": "openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP2",
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  "database_specific": {
    "severity": "High"
  },
  "details": "Ctags generates an index (or tag) file of language objects found in source files that allows these items to be quickly and easily located by a text editor or other utility. A tag signifies a language object for which an index entry is available (or, alternatively, the index entry created for that object).\r\n\r\nSecurity Fix(es):\r\n\r\nA flaw was found in Exuberant Ctags in the way it handles the \u0026quot;-o\u0026quot; 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.(CVE-2022-4515)",
  "id": "OESA-2023-1694",
  "modified": "2026-08-06T11:06:08Z",
  "published": "2023-09-28T11:06:08Z",
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    },
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  ],
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    "CVE-2022-4515"
  ]
}

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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-14 17:25 UTC

CWE

CWE-78

Assigner

redhat redhat root Scorecard

References

2 references

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

Impacted products

1 product

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

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