CVE-2017-12961 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

There is an assertion abort in the function parse_attributes() in data/sys-file-reader.c of the libpspp library in GNU PSPP before 1.0.1 that will lead to remote denial of service.

Published: 2017-08-18

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:pspp:0.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-4482	There is an assertion abort in the function parse_attributes() in data/sys-file-reader.c of the libpspp library in GNU PSPP before 1.0.1 that will lead to remote denial of service.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0027.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482436
https://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=8936

History

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Subscriptions

Gnu Pspp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-08-18T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:51:07.373Z

Reserved: 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-12961

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-08-18T21:29:00.417

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-12961

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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