[Pkg-gtkpod-devel] Bug#858787: libplist: CVE-2017-6437

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libplist
Version: 1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.1
Severity: important
Forwarded: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/100

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for libplist.

CVE-2017-6437[0]:
| The base64encode function in base64.c in libimobiledevice libplist
| 1.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds
| read) 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-2017-6437
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6437
[1] https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/100

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore