PT-2017-17067 · Libimobiledevice+2 · Libplist+2

Zhunkio · Published 2017-03-15 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-6440

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 data node function in the bplist.c file of 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

Integer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

CWE-190

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1551

CVE-2017-6440

MGASA-2018-0025

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10970-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1368-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1379-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Libplist

References · 49

• 🔥 https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/99 · Exploit
• 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
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6440 · Vendor Advisory
• 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
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6440 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5835 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6440 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1379-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0025 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6438 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0025.html · Security Note