Bug 618600 (CVE-2017-6440)

Summary:	<app-pda/libplist-2.0.0: Memory allocation error in parse_data_node (CVE-2017-6440)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Volkan <vBugZilla>
Component:	Vulnerabilities	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	minor	CC:	slawomir.nizio
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1432965
Whiteboard:	B3 [noglsa cve]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:	608040
Bug Blocks:

Description Volkan 2017-05-16 00:15:28 UTC

The parse_data_node function in bplist.c in libimobiledevice libplist 1.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory allocation error) via a crafted plist file.

Upstream bug:

https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/99

Comment 1 Aaron Bauman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2017-07-15 22:00:23 UTC

Tree is clean.

GLSA Vote: No