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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: ctags security update
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
CVE Names:         CVE-2022-4515 
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1. Summary:

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 impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. 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

3. Description:

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.

4. 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

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

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

6. 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/

7. References:

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

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2023 Red Hat, Inc.
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RedHat: RHSA-2023-2863:01 Moderate: ctags security update

An update for ctags is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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.



Summary


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

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4515 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/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
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Severity
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:2863-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Issued Date: : 2023-05-16
CVE Names: CVE-2022-4515

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.


Topic


 

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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