CVE-2017-10792 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

There is a NULL Pointer Dereference in the function ll_insert() of the libpspp library in GNU PSPP before 0.11.0. For example, a crash was observed within the library code when attempting to convert invalid SPSS data into CSV format. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Published: 2017-07-02

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:pspp:0.10.5-pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-2437	There is a NULL Pointer Dereference in the function ll_insert() of the libpspp library in GNU PSPP before 0.11.0. For example, a crash was observed within the library code when attempting to convert invalid SPSS data into CSV format. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00472.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/pspp-announce/2017-08/msg00000.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99385
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1467005

History

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Subscriptions

Gnu Pspp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-07-02T03:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T17:50:11.678Z

Reserved: 2017-07-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-10792

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-07-02T03:29:00.247

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-10792

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-476

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