Executive Summary



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Summary
Title Libplist vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-3429-1 First vendor Publication 2017-09-25
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2017-09-25
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 17.04 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Libplist could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description: - libplist: Library for handling Apple binary and XML property lists

Details:

Wang Junjie discovered that Libplist incorrectly handled certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this to cause a crash or denial or service.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 17.04: ﾃつ libplist-utilsﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 1.12-3.1ubuntu0.17.04.1 ﾃつ libplist3ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 1.12-3.1ubuntu0.17.04.1 ﾃつ python-plistﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 1.12-3.1ubuntu0.17.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: ﾃつ libplist-utilsﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 1.12-3.1ubuntu0.16.04.1 ﾃつ libplist3ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 1.12-3.1ubuntu0.16.04.1 ﾃつ python-plistﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 1.12-3.1ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: ﾃつ libplist-utilsﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 1.10-1ubuntu0.1 ﾃつ libplist1ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 1.10-1ubuntu0.1 ﾃつ python-plistﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 1.10-1ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References: ﾃつ https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3429-1 ﾃつ CVE-2017-7982

Package Information: ﾃつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libplist/1.12-3.1ubuntu0.17.04.1 ﾃつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libplist/1.12-3.1ubuntu0.16.04.1 ﾃつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libplist/1.10-1ubuntu0.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3429-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2

Nessusﾂｮ Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-09-26 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3429-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-30 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-627.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-24 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-1379-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-23 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-1368-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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2017-09-27 13:24:40
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2017-09-26 00:23:02
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