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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-178

Posted on 01 April 2015
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2015:178
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : ctags
Date : March 30, 2015
Affected: Business Server 2.0
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Problem Description:

Updated ctags package fixes security vulnerability:

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).
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-7204
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0415.html
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Business Server 2/X86_64:
4a50a2822974564f3ef9ff7bca9ef2c9 mbs2/x86_64/ctags-5.8-8.1.mbs2.x86_64.rpm
e6f22736e136bdf4b3321bbe5e0c06ba mbs2/SRPMS/ctags-5.8-8.1.mbs2.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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