Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability in GNU PSPP
CVE-2017-12960
7.5HIGH
What is CVE-2017-12960?
In GNU PSPP versions prior to 1.0.1, an assertion failure in the dict_rename_var() function located in data/dictionary.c can be exploited remotely. This vulnerability can lead to a denial of service, disrupting the operation of applications utilizing the library. Attackers can trigger this issue, causing a significant impact on service availability.