CVE-2017-10792 - There is a NULL Pointer Dereference in the function ll_insert() of the libpspp library in GNU PSPP b

CVE-2017-10792

Summary

There is a NULL Pointer Dereference in the function ll_insert() of the libpspp library in GNU PSPP before 0.11.0. For example, a crash was observed within the library code when attempting to convert invalid SPSS data into CSV format. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

References

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/pspp-announce/2017-08/msg00000.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99385
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1467005

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:pspp:0.10.5-pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:pspp:0.10.5-pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	4.3 (as of 02-09-2017 - 01:29)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

CWE-476

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	MEDIUM	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	NONE	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

refmap via4

bid	99385
misc	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1467005
mlist	[pspp-announce] 20170812 pspp-0.11.0 released [stable]

Last major update

02-09-2017 - 01:29

Published

02-07-2017 - 03:29

Last modified

02-09-2017 - 01:29