Bug 1203128 – VUL-0: CVE-2022-39831: pspp: heap-based buffer overflow at the function read_bytes_internal in utilities/pspp-dump-sav.c

Bug 1203128 - (CVE-2022-39831) VUL-0: CVE-2022-39831: pspp: heap-based buffer overflow at the function read_bytes_internal in utilities/pspp-dump-sav.c

(CVE-2022-39831)
Summary:	VUL-0: CVE-2022-39831: pspp: heap-based buffer overflow at the function read_...

Status:	NEW

Classification:	openSUSE
Product:	openSUSE Distribution
Classification:	openSUSE
Component:	Security
Version:	Leap 15.4
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P3 - Medium Severity: Minor (vote)
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Assigned To:	Ben Pfaff
QA Contact:	Security Team bot

URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/341501/
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Reported:	2022-09-05 15:35 UTC by Thomas Leroy
Modified:	2022-09-05 16:15 UTC (History)
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Description Thomas Leroy 2022-09-05 15:35:57 UTC

rh#2124263

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.

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

References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2124263
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2022-39831
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-39831
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?62977

Comment 1 Thomas Leroy 2022-09-05 15:36:18 UTC

No fix upstream afaics

Should be affected:
- openSUSE:Factory 
- openSUSE:Backports:SLE-15-SP4
- openSUSE:Backports:SLE-15-SP3