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Ubuntu 21.04 & 20.04 LTS USN-5097-1 Moderate: LedgerSMB DoS Risk

ubuntu
Calendar Grey October 4, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Recent security flaws in LedgerSMB have uncovered a severe Denial of Service vulnerability that may cause system failures. Make sure to upgrade your Ubuntu installations to maintain security.
ledgersmb could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

ledgersmb could be made to crash if it received specially crafted

input.

Software Description:

- ledgersmb: financial accounting and ERP program

Details:

It was discovered that LedgerSMB incorrectly handled certain inputs. An

attacker could use this to leak sensitive information, cause a DoS, or

execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-3693, CVE-2021-3694, CVE-2021-3731)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate DoS attack ubuntu ledger

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 21.04:
  ledgersmb                       1.6.9+ds-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  ledgersmb                       1.6.9+ds-1ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5097-1

CVE-2021-3693, CVE-2021-3694, CVE-2021-3731

September 30, 2021

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate DoS attack ubuntu ledger

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ledgersmb/1.6.9+ds-2ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ledgersmb/1.6.9+ds-1ubuntu0.1

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