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Debian 10 Buster DLA-3254-1 Moderate: Exuberant-Ctags Command Execution

debian lts
Calendar Grey December 31, 2022
Dist Debian Esm H88
To enhance security, it is essential to update exuberant-ctags on your Debian system to address a command execution vulnerability resulting from improper management of tag filenames.
A flaw was found in the way the exubertant-ctags source code parser handled the "-o" command-line option which specifies the tag filename
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Summary

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version
1:5.9~svn20110310-12+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your exuberant-ctags packages.

For the detailed security status of exuberant-ctags please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/exuberant-ctags

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS



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Package: exuberant-ctags
Version: 1:5.9~svn20110310-12+deb10u1
CVE ID: CVE-2022-4515
Debian Bug: 1026995

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