CVE-2017-5545
Published: 21 January 2017
The main function in plistutil.c in libimobiledevice libplist through 1.12 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.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| tyhicks | Affected utility is found in the libplist source package rather than in the libimobiledevice source package |
| sbeattie | also, the affected code is just in the plistutil binary, not in the library itself |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
libplist Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Not vulnerable
(1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)
|
| bionic |
Not vulnerable
(1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)
|
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| cosmic |
Not vulnerable
(1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)
|
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| disco |
Not vulnerable
(1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)
|
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| eoan |
Not vulnerable
(1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)
|
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| focal |
Not vulnerable
(1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)
|
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| groovy |
Not vulnerable
(1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)
|
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| hirsute |
Not vulnerable
(1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)
|
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| impish |
Not vulnerable
(1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)
|
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| jammy |
Not vulnerable
(1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)
|
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| kinetic |
Not vulnerable
(1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)
|
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| lunar |
Not vulnerable
(1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)
|
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| mantic |
Not vulnerable
(1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)
|
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| precise |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
|
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| upstream |
Released
(1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.1)
|
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| xenial |
Needed
|
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| yakkety |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
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| zesty |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
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Patches: upstream: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/7391a506352c009fe044dead7baad9e22dd279ee |
||
| Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community. | ||
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 9.1 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |