Bug 1432959 (CVE-2017-6439) - CVE-2017-6439 libplist: Heap-based buffer overflow in parse_string_node
Summary: CVE-2017-6439 libplist: Heap-based buffer overflow in parse_string_node
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-6439
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1432971
Blocks: 1432966
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-03-16 13:15 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:08 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2017-05-17 07:19:35 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-03-16 13:15:18 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 Adam Mariš 2017-03-16 13:28:20 UTC
Created libplist tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1432971]


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