Bug 618582 (CVE-2017-6437)

Summary:	<app-pda/libplist-2.0.0: Out-of-bounds heap read in base64encode function (CVE-2017-6437)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Volkan <vBugZilla>
Component:	Vulnerabilities	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	minor
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1432954
Whiteboard:	B3 [noglsa cve]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:	608040
Bug Blocks:

Description Volkan 2017-05-15 22:05:52 UTC

The base64encode function in base64.c in libimobiledevice libplist 1.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted plist file.

Upstream bug:

https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/100

Comment 1 Aaron Bauman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2017-07-15 21:57:02 UTC

Tree is clean.

GLSA Vote: No