PT-2017-17063 · Libimobiledevice+2 · Libplist+2

Zhunkio · Published 2017-03-15 · Updated 2020-04-02 · CVE-2017-6436

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libplist version 1.12

Description The issue is related to a memory allocation error that can cause a denial of service. It is triggered by a crafted plist file, which affects the parse string node function in the bplist.c file of the libimobiledevice libplist.

Recommendations For libplist version 1.12, consider avoiding the use of crafted plist files until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the processing of untrusted plist files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1551

CVE-2017-6436

DLA-2168-1

DLA-870-1

MGASA-2018-0025

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10970-1

SUSE-SU-2017:2201-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Libplist

References · 49

• 🔥 https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/94 · Exploit
• https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/32ee5213fe64f1e10ec76c1ee861ee6f233120dd · Patch
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5834 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-10082 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5209 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6435 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5836 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2017-1551 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-2168-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6440 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DLA-2168-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6436 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5835 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:2201-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0025 · Vendor Advisory