| Name | CVE-2022-39831 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1019597 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| pspp (PTS) | bullseye | 1.4.1-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.6.2-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.0.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| pspp | source | (unstable) | 1.6.2-2 | | | 1019597 |
Notes
[bullseye] - pspp <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - pspp <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?62977
Starting with 1.6.2-2, pspp-dump-sav is no longer installed, using that as the fixed version