vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-2807): ledger vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Sep 5, 2017 | Nov 19, 2024 | May 25, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 5, 2017
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
May 25, 2026
Description
An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the tag parsing functionality of Ledger-CLI 3.1.1. A specially crafted journal file can cause an integer underflow resulting in code execution. An attacker can construct a malicious journal file to trigger this vulnerability.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-ledger
References
- CVE-2017-2807
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-2807
- CWE-119
- EUVD-EUVD-2017-11950
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-11950
- https://github.com/ledger/ledger/commit/5682f377aed5b0db6b6c4a44b1d8868103b7e9f7
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2807
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0303
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