CVE-2017-5836

Upstream information

CVE-2017-5836 at MITRE

Description

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.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database	SUSE
Base Score	5	1.9
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector	Network	Local
Access Complexity	Low	Medium
Authentication	None	None
Confidentiality Impact	None	None
Integrity Impact	None	None
Availability Impact	Partial	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.5
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	High
CVSSv3 Version	3.0

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1023807 [RESOLVED], 1023848 [RESOLVED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SU-2017:1368-1, published Mon May 22 07:11:59 MDT 2017
• SUSE-SU-2017:1379-1, published Tue May 23 13:09:14 MDT 2017
• openSUSE-SU-2017:0528-1, published Tue, 21 Feb 2017 00:07:57 +0100 (CET)
• openSUSE-SU-2017:1426-1, published Sun, 28 May 2017 03:08:38 +0200 (CEST)

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1	libplist >= 1.8-10.9.1 libplist++1 >= 1.8-10.9.1 libplist1 >= 1.8-10.9.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2017-835
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2	libplist >= 1.12-19.1 libplist++3 >= 1.12-19.1 libplist3 >= 1.12-19.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-849
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	libplist++3 >= 1.12-19.1 libplist3 >= 1.12-19.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 GA libplist++3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4	libplist++3 >= 1.12-20.3.2 libplist3 >= 1.12-20.3.2	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 GA libplist++3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15	libplist++-devel >= 2.0.0-1.31 libplist++3 >= 2.0.0-1.31 libplist-devel >= 2.0.0-1.31 libplist3 >= 2.0.0-1.31	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 GA libplist++-devel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1	libplist++-devel >= 2.0.0-1.31 libplist++3 >= 2.0.0-1.31 libplist-devel >= 2.0.0-1.31 libplist3 >= 2.0.0-1.31	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 GA libplist++-devel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1	libplist >= 1.8-10.9.1 libplist1 >= 1.8-10.9.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-835
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2	libplist >= 1.12-19.1 libplist3 >= 1.12-19.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-849
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	libplist3 >= 1.12-19.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 GA libplist3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4	libplist3 >= 1.12-20.3.2	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 GA libplist3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2	libplist >= 1.12-19.1 libplist3 >= 1.12-19.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-849
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1	libplist >= 1.8-10.9.1 libplist1 >= 1.8-10.9.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-835
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2	libplist >= 1.12-19.1 libplist3 >= 1.12-19.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-849
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1	libplist >= 1.8-10.9.1 libplist++-devel >= 1.8-10.9.1 libplist++1 >= 1.8-10.9.1 libplist-devel >= 1.8-10.9.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2017-835
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2	libplist >= 1.12-19.1 libplist++-devel >= 1.12-19.1 libplist++1 >= 1.8-10.9.1 libplist-devel >= 1.12-19.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-835 SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-849
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3	libplist++-devel >= 1.12-19.1 libplist++3 >= 1.12-19.1 libplist-devel >= 1.12-19.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 GA libplist++-devel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4	libplist++-devel >= 1.12-20.3.2 libplist++3 >= 1.12-20.3.2 libplist-devel >= 1.12-20.3.2	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 GA libplist++-devel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1	libplist >= 1.8-10.9.1 libplist++1 >= 1.8-10.9.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP1-2017-835
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP2	libplist >= 1.12-19.1 libplist++3 >= 1.12-19.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP2-2017-849
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3	libplist++3 >= 1.12-19.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3 GA libplist++3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP4	libplist++3 >= 1.12-20.3.2	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP4 GA libplist++3
openSUSE Leap 15.0	libplist3 >= 2.0.0-lp150.1.10	Patchnames: openSUSE Leap 15.0 GA libplist3
openSUSE Leap 42.1	libplist >= 1.12-7.1 libplist++-devel >= 1.12-7.1 libplist++3 >= 1.12-7.1 libplist++3-32bit >= 1.12-7.1 libplist++3-debuginfo >= 1.12-7.1 libplist++3-debuginfo-32bit >= 1.12-7.1 libplist-debugsource >= 1.12-7.1 libplist-devel >= 1.12-7.1 libplist3 >= 1.12-7.1 libplist3-32bit >= 1.12-7.1 libplist3-debuginfo >= 1.12-7.1 libplist3-debuginfo-32bit >= 1.12-7.1 plistutil >= 1.12-7.1 plistutil-debuginfo >= 1.12-7.1 python-plist >= 1.12-7.1 python-plist-debuginfo >= 1.12-7.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2017-283
openSUSE Leap 42.2	libplist >= 1.12-7.3.1 libplist++-devel >= 1.12-7.3.1 libplist++3 >= 1.12-7.3.1 libplist++3-32bit >= 1.12-7.3.1 libplist++3-debuginfo >= 1.12-7.3.1 libplist++3-debuginfo-32bit >= 1.12-7.3.1 libplist-debugsource >= 1.12-7.3.1 libplist-devel >= 1.12-7.3.1 libplist3 >= 1.12-7.3.1 libplist3-32bit >= 1.12-7.3.1 libplist3-debuginfo >= 1.12-7.3.1 libplist3-debuginfo-32bit >= 1.12-7.3.1 plistutil >= 1.12-7.3.1 plistutil-debuginfo >= 1.12-7.3.1 python-plist >= 1.12-7.3.1 python-plist-debuginfo >= 1.12-7.3.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2017-627
openSUSE Leap 42.3	libplist-devel >= 1.12-9.1 libplist3 >= 1.12-9.1	Patchnames: openSUSE Leap 42.3 GA libplist-devel

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification.

Product(s)	Source package	State
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1	libplist	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2	libplist	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 12 SP1	libplist	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 12 SP2	libplist	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1	libplist	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2	libplist	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 for Raspberry PI	libplist	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1	libplist	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP2	libplist	Released