Bug 618584 (CVE-2017-6439)

Summary:	<app-pda/libplist-2.0.0: Heap-based buffer overflow in parse_string_node (CVE-2017-6439)
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=1432959
Whiteboard:	B3 [noglsa cve]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:	608040
Bug Blocks:

Description Volkan 2017-05-15 22:12:28 UTC

Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_string_node function in
bplist.c in libimobiledevice libplist 1.12 allows local users to cause
a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted plist file.

Upstream bug:

https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/95

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/32ee5213fe64f1e10ec76c1ee861ee6f233120dd

Comment 1 Aaron Bauman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2017-07-15 21:57:51 UTC

Tree is clean.

GLSA Vote: No