MGASA-2014-0415

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    MGASA-2014-0415

    Published: 23 Oct 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-7204

    Summary: Updated ctags package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: A denial of service issue was discovered in ctags 5.8. A remote attacker could cause excessive CPU usage and disk space consumption via a crafted JavaScript file by triggering an infinite loop (CVE-2014-7204).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0415.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14277, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/140349.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ctags

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/ctags?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.8-6.1.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High