Bug 1418593 (CVE-2017-5836)

Summary:	CVE-2017-5836 libplist: Type inconsistency in bplist.c
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, pbrobinson, slawomir
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Bug Depends On:	1418597
Bug Blocks:	1418595

Description Andrej Nemec 2017-02-02 09:50:32 UTC

A vulnerability was found in libplist. There is a use-after-free issue in the bplist.c. A maliciously crafted file could cause the application to crash.

Upstream bug:

https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/86

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/7a28a14cf6ed547dfd2e52a4db17f47242bfdef9

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-02-02 09:55:00 UTC

Created libplist tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1418597]