| Name | CVE-2025-5899 |
| Description | A vulnerability classified as critical was found in GNU PSPP 82fb509fb2fedd33e7ac0c46ca99e108bb3bdffb. Affected by this vulnerability is the function parse_variables_option of the file utilities/pspp-convert.c. The manipulation leads to free of memory not on the heap. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. |
| 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 | 1107819 |
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 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 2.0.1-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| pspp | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1107819 |
Notes
[bookworm] - pspp <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - pspp <postponed> (Minor issue)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?67072