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Red Hat 8 RHSA-2023-2863-01 Moderate: ctags Command Execution

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Calendar Grey May 16, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Safeguard your Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 by applying the recent ctags patch which fixes a significant security vulnerability.
An update for ctags is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Ctags is a C programming language indexing and cross-reference tool.
Security Fix(es):
* ctags: arbitrary command execution via a tag file with a crafted filename (CVE-2022-4515)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update red hat arbitrary execution ctags

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4515 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.8_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: ctags-5.8-23.el8.src.rpm
aarch64: ctags-5.8-23.el8.aarch64.rpm ctags-debuginfo-5.8-23.el8.aarch64.rpm ctags-debugsource-5.8-23.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: ctags-5.8-23.el8.ppc64le.rpm ctags-debuginfo-5.8-23.el8.ppc64le.rpm ctags-debugsource-5.8-23.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: ctags-5.8-23.el8.s390x.rpm ctags-debuginfo-5.8-23.el8.s390x.rpm ctags-debugsource-5.8-23.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64: ctags-5.8-23.el8.x86_64.rpm ctags-debuginfo-5.8-23.el8.x86_64.rpm ctags-debugsource-5.8-23.el8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8):
aarch64: ctags-debuginfo-5.8-23.el8.aarch64.rpm ctags-debugsource-5.8-23.el8.aarch64.rpm ctags-etags-5.8-23.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: ctags-debuginfo-5.8-23.el8.ppc64le.rpm ctags-debugsource-5.8-23.el8.ppc64le.rpm ctags-etags-5.8-23.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: ctags-debuginfo-5.8-23.el8.s390x.rpm ctags-debugsource-5.8-23.el8.s390x.rpm ctags-etags-5.8-23.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64: ctags-debuginfo-5.8-23.el8.x86_64.rpm ctags-debugsource-5.8-23.el8.x86_64.rpm ctags-etags-5.8-23.el8.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key


Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:2863-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Issue date: 2023-05-16

Topic

An update for ctags is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update red hat arbitrary execution ctags

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2153519 - CVE-2022-4515 ctags: arbitrary command execution via a tag file with a crafted filename

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