Bug 2124263 (CVE-2022-39831)

Summary:	CVE-2022-39831 pspp: heap-based buffer overflow at the function read_bytes_internal in utilities/pspp-dump-sav.c
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Sandipan Roy <saroy>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	lemenkov
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Description Sandipan Roy 2022-09-05 13:09:52 UTC

An issue was discovered in PSPP 1.6.2. There is a heap-based buffer overflow at the function read_bytes_internal in utilities/pspp-dump-sav.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact. This issue is different from CVE-2018-20230.

https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?62977

Comment 1 Sandipan Roy 2022-09-05 13:10:45 UTC

Created pspp tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2124265]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-09-06 05:45:42 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.