UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12961

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12961
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12961.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12961
Related
Published
2017-08-18T21:29:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:25Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / pspp

Package

Name
pspp
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pspp@0.8.5-5build1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.8.5-4
0.8.5-4build1
0.8.5-5
0.8.5-5build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "low"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / pspp

Package

Name
pspp
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pspp@1.0.1-1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.1-1",
            "binary_name": "pspp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.1-1",
            "binary_name": "pspp-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}