CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.1 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GNU PSPP 0.11.0. This affects the function output_hex
of the file data/data-out.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:
There is an illegal address access in the function output_hex() in data/data-out.c of the libpspp library in GNU PSPP 0.11.0 that will lead to remote denial of service.
The bug was discovered 08/17/2017. The weakness was presented 08/18/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-12958 since 08/18/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 102690 (FreeBSD : pspp -- multiple vulnerabilities (6876b163-8708-11e7-8568-e8e0b747a45a)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (102690). See 102983, 105574, 105575 and 105576 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3
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Exploiting
Class: Out-of-boundsCWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 102690
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : pspp -- multiple vulnerabilities (6876b163-8708-11e7-8568-e8e0b747a45a)
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: gnu.orgAdvisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-12958 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 08/19/2017 08:55Updated: 11/08/2019 22:16
Changes: 08/19/2017 08:55 (67), 11/08/2019 22:16 (4)
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