CVE-2017-12959

NameCVE-2017-12959
DescriptionThere 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
pspp (PTS)jessie0.8.4-1vulnerable
stretch0.10.2-1vulnerable
buster1.2.0-3fixed
bullseye1.4.1-1fixed
bookworm1.6.2-2fixed
sid, trixie2.0.0-3fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
psppsource(unstable)1.0.1-1unimportant

Notes

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482432
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact

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