CVE-2017-12961 Denial of service in n/a
A remote attacker can cause a denial of service in GNU PSPP via an assertion abort in the libpspp library when parsing attributes.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-12961?
CVE-2017-12961 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 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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12961?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gnu Pspp.
How do I fix CVE-2017-12961?
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-2017-12961 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12961 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12961, GHSA-67vh-4hv2-cmmr, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12961.