PT-2017-16701 · Libplist+2 · Libplist+2

Ghost · Published 2017-03-03 · Updated 2018-01-03 · CVE-2017-5836

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 involves the plist free data function in plist.c within libplist, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) through specific vectors. These vectors involve an integer node that is incorrectly treated as a PLIST KEY, leading to an invalid free operation.

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

DoS

Double Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-415

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1551

AZL-36956

AZL-7269

CVE-2017-5836

MGASA-2018-0025

SUSE-SU-2017:1368-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1379-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Libplist

References · 37

• https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/86 · Patch
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/6 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5836 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-36956 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/4 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5836 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0025 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5836 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-7269 · 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://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5836 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5836 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5836 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0025.html · Security Note