Bug 2124264 (CVE-2022-39832) - CVE-2022-39832 pspp: heap-based buffer overflow at the function read_string in utilities/pspp-dump-sav.c
Summary: CVE-2022-39832 pspp: heap-based buffer overflow at the function read_string i...
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2022-39832
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: 2124267
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-09-05 13:10 UTC by Sandipan Roy
Modified: 2022-09-06 06:15 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2022-09-06 06:15:46 UTC
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Description Sandipan Roy 2022-09-05 13:10:19 UTC 
An issue was discovered in PSPP 1.6.2. There is a heap-based buffer overflow at the function read_string in utilities/pspp-dump-sav.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?63000
Comment 1 Sandipan Roy 2022-09-05 13:13:14 UTC 
Created pspp tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2124267]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-09-06 06:15:44 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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