Bug 1483608 (CVE-2017-12481) - CVE-2017-12481 ledger: stack-based buffer overflow in find_option function
Summary: CVE-2017-12481 ledger: stack-based buffer overflow in find_option function
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2017-12481
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1483612 1483613
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-08-21 13:18 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2020-11-05 10:32 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:21:41 UTC
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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.
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