ubuntu · CVE-2007-1540

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Priority: medium Published: 2007-03-20 22:19:00 UTC Updated: 2025-07-17 16:41:03 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2007-1540 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (sql-ledger), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): ignored 4, not-affected 4, released 1.

Description:

Directory 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.

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