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Ubuntu 17.04 USN-3429-1 Critical: Libplist Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey September 25, 2017
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Keep your Ubuntu installations secure by applying the necessary updates to resolve the libplist vulnerability impacting several versions. Discover further details here.
Libplist could be made to crash if it opened a specially craftedfile.

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.

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

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

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

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

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

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3429-1

  CVE-2017-7982

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September 25, 2017

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Package Information

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

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