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EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : libplist (EulerOS-SA-2021-2399)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 153329
Synopsis
The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.Description
According to the versions of the libplist package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :- The base64decode function in base64.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 split encoded Apple Property List data.(CVE-2017-5209)
- The parse_data_node function in bplist.c in libimobiledevice libplist 1.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory allocation error) via a crafted plist file.(CVE-2017-6440)
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected libplist packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 153329
File Name: EulerOS_SA-2021-2399.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Family: Huawei Local Security Checks
Published: 9/14/2021
Updated: 11/30/2023
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.4
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-5209
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.1
Temporal Score: 8.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libplist, cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/EulerOS/release, Host/EulerOS/rpm-list, Host/EulerOS/sp
Excluded KB Items: Host/EulerOS/uvp_version
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-5209, CVE-2017-6440