QID 671068

Date Published: 2021-11-29

QID 671068: EulerOS Security Update for libplist (EulerOS-SA-2019-2613)

Libplist is a library for manipulating apple binary and xml property lists security fix(es): libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of service (large memory allocation and crash) via vectors involving an offset size of zero.(cve-2017-5835) 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.(cve-2017-5545) the parse_dict_node function in bplist.c in libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read and crash) via a crafted file.(cve-2017-5834) the plist_free_data function in plist.c in libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving an integer node that is treated as a plist_key and then triggers an invalid free.(cve-2017-5836)

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An arbitrary attacker may exploit this vulnerability to compromise the system.

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.1 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.4 severity.

Solution

The Vendor has released a security update to fix the vulnerability. For more information please visit EulerOS-SA-2019-2613 for updates and patch information

Vendor References

EulerOS-SA-2019-2613 - developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2019-2613

CVEs related to QID 671068

CVE-2017-5836 | CVE-2017-5834 | CVE-2017-5835 | CVE-2017-5545 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
EulerOS-SA-2019-2613	EulerOS V2.0SP3		developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2019-2613

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