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.

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AZL-12083 CVE-2022-4515 affecting package ctags for versions less than 5.9.20220619.0-7

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 system3...

CTags: Operating System Command Injection Vulnerability

Ctags is Sourceforge open source for generating indexed files from a program's source code tree, thus facilitating text editors to achieve rapid location of the utility. Ctags has a security vulnerability that originates from externalSortTags in sort.c calling the system3 function in an unsafe...