{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12960","details":"There is a reachable assertion abort in the function dict_rename_var() in data/dictionary.c of the libpspp library in GNU PSPP before 1.0.1 that will lead to remote denial of service.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:46:27Z","published":"2017-08-18T21:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-12960"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12960"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482433"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12960"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pspp","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/pspp@0.8.5-5build1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.8.5-4","0.8.5-4build1","0.8.5-5","0.8.5-5build1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"pspp","binary_version":"0.8.5-5build1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12960.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}