Bug 2124263 (CVE-2022-39831) - CVE-2022-39831 pspp: heap-based buffer overflow at the function read_bytes_internal in utilities/pspp-dump-sav.c
Summary: CVE-2022-39831 pspp: heap-based buffer overflow at the function read_bytes_in...
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2022-39831
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2124265
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Reported: 2022-09-05 13:09 UTC by Sandipan Roy
Modified: 2022-09-06 05:45 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2022-09-06 05:45:44 UTC
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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.
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