Vulnerability CVE-2017-12959
Published: 2017-08-18   Modified: 2017-08-19

Description:
There is a reachable assertion abort in the function dict_add_mrset() in data/dictionary.c of the libpspp library in GNU PSPP before 1.0.1 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Type:

CWE-617

 (Reachable Assertion)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
GNU -> PSPP 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482432
https://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=8936
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