Use-after-free error in Ledger - CVE-2017-2808
Published: August 31, 2017 / Updated: July 21, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8059
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2808
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists in the account parsing functionality due to use-after-free error. A remote attacker can trick the victim into loading a specially crafted journal file, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
The weakness exists in the account parsing functionality due to use-after-free error. A remote attacker can trick the victim into loading a specially crafted journal file, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
Affected software
Ledger
Gentoo Linux
Opensuse
SUSE Linux
Gentoo Linux
Opensuse
SUSE Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2017-2808
Install updates from vendor's website.
Ledger - update to 3.1.2