CVE-2007-1540

NameCVE-2007-1540
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in am.pl in (1) SQL-Ledger 2.6.27 and earlier, and (2) LedgerSMB before 1.2.0, allows remote attackers to run arbitrary executables and bypass authentication via a .. (dot dot) sequence and trailing NULL (%00) in the login parameter. NOTE: this issue was reportedly addressed in SQL-Ledger 2.6.27, however third-party researchers claim that the file is still executed even though an error is generated.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs409703

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
sql-ledger (PTS)jessie3.0.6-2fixed
stretch3.0.8-1fixed
sid, trixie, buster, bullseye, bookworm3.2.6-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
sql-ledgersource(unstable)2.8.14-1unimportant409703

Notes

It's documented behaviour that SQL-Ledger should only be run in an
authenticated HTTP zone and without untrusted users
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