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Debian DLA-811-1 : libplist security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 96910

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

The following vulnerabilities have been fixed in libplist :

CVE-2017-5209

Out of bounds read when parsing specially crafted Apple plist file

CVE-2017-5545

Heap buffer overflow via crafted Apple plist file

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 1.8-1+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libplist packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/01/msg00048.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/libplist

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 96910

File Name: debian_DLA-811.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libplist-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libplist1, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libplist%2b%2b1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libplist-utils, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libplist-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-plist, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libplist%2b%2b-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libplist-dev

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/31/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5209, CVE-2017-5545