PT-2017-16700 · Libplist+2 · Libplist+2

Zhunkio · Published 2017-03-03 · Updated 2020-04-02 · CVE-2017-5835

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libplist (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in large memory allocation and a crash. This can be achieved through vectors involving an offset size of zero. There is no information available about the estimated number of potentially affected devices or real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Allocation of Resources Without Limits

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-770

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1551

AZL-36955

AZL-7268

CVE-2017-5835

DLA-2168-1

DLA-840-1

MGASA-2018-0025

SUSE-SU-2017:1368-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1379-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Libplist

References · 39

• https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/88 · Patch
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/6 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-36955 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/4 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0025 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5835 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5835 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5835 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1368-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1379-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5835 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-2168-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5835 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0025.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5835 · Vendor Advisory