Bug 1483608 (CVE-2017-12481)

Summary:	CVE-2017-12481 ledger: stack-based buffer overflow in find_option function
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	bex, radford
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-08-21 13:18:50 UTC

The find_option function in option.cc in Ledger 3.1.1 allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and
application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a
crafted file.

Upstream bug:

http://bugs.ledger-cli.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1222

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-08-21 13:21:12 UTC

Created ledger tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1483612]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1483613]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-08 03:21:41 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.