CVE-2017-12959 - There is a reachable assertion abort in the function dict_add_mrset() in data/dictionary.c of the li

CVE-2017-12959

Summary

There is a reachable assertion abort in the function dict_add_mrset() in data/dictionary.c of the libpspp library in GNU PSPP before 1.0.1 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482432
https://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=8936

Vulnerable Configurations

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

CVSS

Base:	5.0 (as of 03-10-2019 - 00:03)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

CWE-617

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	NONE	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

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

refmap via4

confirm	https://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=8936
misc	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482432

Last major update

03-10-2019 - 00:03

Published

18-08-2017 - 21:29

Last modified

03-10-2019 - 00:03