Bug 1416002 (CVE-2017-5545)

Summary:	CVE-2017-5545 libplist: Out-of-bounds heap buffer read in plistutil
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	bnocera, cfergeau, dkholia, pbrobinson, slawomir
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Bug Depends On:	1416008
Bug Blocks:	1416007

Description Andrej Nemec 2017-01-24 10:57:07 UTC

The main function in plistutil.c in libimobiledevice libplist allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) via Apple Property List data that is too short.

Upstream bug:

https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/87

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/7391a506352c009fe044dead7baad9e22dd279ee

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-01-24 10:58:54 UTC

Created libplist tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1416008]