CVE-2017-12958 Denial of service in n/a
An illegal address access in the libpspp library allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted input.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-12958?
CVE-2017-12958 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
There is an illegal address access in the function output_hex() in data/data-out.c of the libpspp library in GNU PSPP before 1.0.1 that will lead to remote denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12958?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gnu Pspp.
How do I fix CVE-2017-12958?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-12958 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12958 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12958, GHSA-2gq9-rqpm-h5mw, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12958.