PT-2017-15550 · Ledger+1 · Ledger-Cli+1

Published 2017-09-05 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-2808

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ledger-CLI version 3.1.1

Description A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the account parsing component. This issue can be triggered by a specially crafted ledger file, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can exploit this by convincing a user to load a malicious journal file.

Recommendations For Ledger-CLI version 3.1.1, consider avoiding the use of potentially malicious ledger files until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the loading of journal files from untrusted sources to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-2808

OPENSUSE-SU-2019:1779-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2019:1895-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2019_1779-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10913-1

Affected Products

Ledger-Cli

Suse

References · 31

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2808 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10913-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2808 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2808 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2019:1779-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2808 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2808 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00029.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00031.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-2808 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2808 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-05 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2019:1895-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/ledger/ledger/commit/f3bad93db256db07b6cb831d4d24f47543f57e4a · Note
• https://github.com/ledger/ledger-mode · Note