Amazon Linux 1 (EOL) Security Advisory: ALAS-2025-1974
Advisory Released Date: 2025-04-29
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-04-29
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
A flaw was found in Exuberant Ctags in the way it handles the "-o" option. This option specifies the tag filename. A crafted tag filename specified in the command line or in the configuration file results in arbitrary command execution because the externalSortTags() in sort.c calls the system(3) function in an unsafe way. (CVE-2022-4515)
Affected Packages:
ctags
Issue Correction:
Run yum update ctags to update your system.
New Packages:
i686:
ctags-etags-5.8-2.7.amzn1.i686
ctags-debuginfo-5.8-2.7.amzn1.i686
ctags-5.8-2.7.amzn1.i686
src:
ctags-5.8-2.7.amzn1.src
x86_64:
ctags-etags-5.8-2.7.amzn1.x86_64
ctags-5.8-2.7.amzn1.x86_64
ctags-debuginfo-5.8-2.7.amzn1.x86_64