UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2808

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2808
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2808.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2808
Upstream
Published
2017-09-05T18:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:06Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the account parsing component of the Ledger-CLI 3.1.1. A specially crafted ledger file can cause a use-after-free vulnerability resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker can convince a user to load a journal file to trigger this vulnerability.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / ledger

Package

Name
ledger
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ledger@3.1.1+dfsg1-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.1+dfsg1-5
3.1+dfsg1-6
3.1+dfsg1-7
3.1.1+dfsg1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ledger",
            "binary_version": "3.1.1+dfsg1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ledger-el",
            "binary_version": "3.1.1+dfsg1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-ledger",
            "binary_version": "3.1.1+dfsg1-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2808.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / ledger

Package

Name
ledger
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ledger@3.1.2~pre1+g3a00e1c+dfsg1-5build5?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.1.2~pre1+g3a00e1c+dfsg1-5
3.1.2~pre1+g3a00e1c+dfsg1-5build1
3.1.2~pre1+g3a00e1c+dfsg1-5build2
3.1.2~pre1+g3a00e1c+dfsg1-5build3
3.1.2~pre1+g3a00e1c+dfsg1-5build4
3.1.2~pre1+g3a00e1c+dfsg1-5build5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "elpa-ledger",
            "binary_version": "3.1.2~pre1+g3a00e1c+dfsg1-5build5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ledger",
            "binary_version": "3.1.2~pre1+g3a00e1c+dfsg1-5build5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ledger-el",
            "binary_version": "3.1.2~pre1+g3a00e1c+dfsg1-5build5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-ledger",
            "binary_version": "3.1.2~pre1+g3a00e1c+dfsg1-5build5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2808.json"