Candidate: CVE-2017-5545
PublicDate: 2017-01-21 01:59:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5545
Description:
 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.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
 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
Bugs:
 https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/87
 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=852385
Priority: negligible
Discovered-by: Wang Junjie
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H [9.1 CRITICAL]

Patches_libplist:
 upstream: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/7391a506352c009fe044dead7baad9e22dd279ee
Tags_libplist: universe-binary
upstream_libplist: released (1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.1)
precise_libplist: ignored (reached end-of-life)
precise/esm_libplist: DNE (precise was needed)
trusty_libplist: ignored (reached end-of-life)
trusty/esm_libplist: DNE (trusty was needed)
vivid/stable-phone-overlay_libplist: ignored (reached end-of-life)
vivid/ubuntu-core_libplist: DNE
xenial_libplist: ignored (end of standard support, was needed)
esm-infra/xenial_libplist: needed
yakkety_libplist: ignored (reached end-of-life)
zesty_libplist: ignored (reached end-of-life)
artful_libplist: not-affected (1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)
bionic_libplist: not-affected (1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)
cosmic_libplist: not-affected (1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)
disco_libplist: not-affected (1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)
eoan_libplist: not-affected (1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)
focal_libplist: not-affected (1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)
groovy_libplist: not-affected (1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)
hirsute_libplist: not-affected (1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)
impish_libplist: not-affected (1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)
jammy_libplist: not-affected (1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)
devel_libplist: not-affected (1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)