| Name | CVE-2017-12961 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (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 Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| pspp (PTS) | jessie | 0.8.4-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 0.10.2-1 | vulnerable |
| buster | 1.2.0-3 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.4.1-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.6.2-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.0.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| pspp | source | (unstable) | 1.0.1-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482436
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact