Exuberant Ctags 'jscript.c' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:70168

Info

Exuberant Ctags 'jscript.c' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 70168
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2014-7204
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 25 2014 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:01PM
Credit: Stefano Zacchiroli
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS amd64
Debian Linux 6.0 sparc
Debian Linux 6.0 s/390
Debian Linux 6.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 6.0 mips
Debian Linux 6.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 6.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 6.0 arm
Debian Linux 6.0 amd64
Not Vulnerable:

Exploit / POC

Exuberant Ctags 'jscript.c' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

The following exploit is available:

ctags --recurse --excmd=number --fields=+lnz --sort=no --links=no -o FILE

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