Resource management error - CVE-2014-7204
Published: October 7, 2014 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33024
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-7204
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
jscript.c in Exuberant Ctags 5.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU and disk consumption) via a crafted JavaScript file.
Affected software
ctags (Alpine package)
linux-firmware (Alpine package)
linux-firmware (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2014-7204
Install update from vendor's website.
ctags (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 0_git20191207-r1, 5.8-r5
linux-firmware (Alpine package) - update to 20180615-r2
linux-firmware (Alpine package) - update to 20180615-r2
External References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0415.html
- http://sourceforge.net/p/ctags/code/791/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3042
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:178
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/29/40
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2371-1
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=742605