glsa-202004-05.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202004-05">
  <title>ledger: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ledger, the worst of
    which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">ledger</product>
  <announced>2020-04-01</announced>
  <revised count="1">2020-04-01</revised>
  <bug>627060</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="app-office/ledger" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">3.1.2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">3.1.2</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Ledger is a powerful, double-entry accounting system that is accessed
      from the UNIX command-line.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ledger. Please review
      the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted
      file using ledger, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with
      the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All ledger users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-office/ledger-3.1.2"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12481">CVE-2017-12481</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12482">CVE-2017-12482</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2807">CVE-2017-2807</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2808">CVE-2017-2808</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-04-01T20:22:30Z">whissi</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-04-01T20:25:33Z">whissi</metadata>
</glsa>