Integer Overflow Vulnerability in GNU PSPP Affects Data Conversion

CVE-2017-10791

Summary

An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the hash_int function of the libpspp library found in GNU PSPP prior to version 0.11.0. This flaw can be exploited when handling malformed SPSS data, resulting in a remote denial of service attack. By providing specially crafted input, an attacker can cause the library to crash during the data conversion process from SPSS to CSV format, disrupting services that rely on this functionality.

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