Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703042
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3042-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'exuberant-ctags' package(s) announced via the DSA-3042-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'exuberant-ctags' package(s) announced via the DSA-3042-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Stefano Zacchiroli discovered a vulnerability in exuberant-ctags, a tool to build tag file indexes of source code definitions: Certain JavaScript files cause ctags to enter an infinite loop until it runs out of disk space, resulting in denial of service. For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1:5.9~ svn20110310-4+deb7u1. For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1:5.9~ svn20110310-8. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1:5.9~ svn20110310-8. We recommend that you upgrade your exuberant-ctags packages. Affected Software/OS: 'exuberant-ctags' package(s) on Debian 7. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-7204 Debian Security Information: DSA-3042 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3042 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:178 http://sourceforge.net/p/ctags/code/791/ http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/29/40 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2371-1
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