Source: ledger Version: 3.1.2~pre1+g3a00e1c+dfsg1-1 Severity: important Tags: upstream security
Hi, the following vulnerability was published for ledger. CVE-2017-2807[0]: | 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. There is a provided poc.dat to verify the issue/fix: 2003/12/20 Organic Co-op Expenses:Food:Groceries $ 37.50 ; ] [=2004/01/01] If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2807 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-2807 [1] https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0303 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Salvatore
