Improper Input Validation Affecting pspp package, versions [,1.0.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PSPP-2383232
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed18 Aug 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-12960  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade pspp to version 1.0.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. There is a reachable assertion abort in the function dict_rename_var() in data/dictionary.c of the libpspp library in GNU PSPP before 1.0.1 that will lead to remote denial of service.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1