[Pkg-gtkpod-devel] Bug#858786: libplist: CVE-2017-6438

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libplist
Version: 1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.1
Severity: important
Tags: security patch upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/98

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for libplist.

CVE-2017-6438[0]:
| Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_unicode_node function in
| bplist.c in libimobiledevice libplist 1.12 allows local users to cause
| a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) and possibly code execution
| via a crafted plist file.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6438
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6438
[1] https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/98

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore