PT-2017-17066 · Libimobiledevice+2 · Libplist+2

Zhunkio · Published 2017-03-15 · Updated 2020-04-02 · CVE-2017-6439

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 heap-based buffer overflow in the parse string node function in bplist.c in libimobiledevice libplist. This can be exploited by local users via a crafted plist file, potentially leading to a denial of service due to an out-of-bounds write.

Recommendations For libplist version 1.12, consider updating to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue, as using a crafted plist file can cause a denial of service. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1551

CVE-2017-6439

DLA-2168-1

DLA-870-1

MGASA-2018-0025

SUSE-SU-2017:2201-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Libplist

References · 49

• 🔥 https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/95 · 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
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2017-1551 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5836 · Security Note
• 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
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5835 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6439 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6439 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6439 · Vendor Advisory