USN-2371-1

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    USN-2371-1

    Published: 8 Oct 2014Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: exuberant-ctags vulnerability

    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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2371-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7204

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: exuberant-ctags

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/exuberant-ctags@1:5.9~svn20110310-7ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:5.9~svn20110310-7ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    1:5.9~svn20110310-6

    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
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