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Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:31:41 -0700
From: Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE request: usbmuxd 1.0.7 "receive_packet()"
Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
On 01/19/2012 04:29 PM, Kurt Seifried wrote:
> rigan has reported a vulnerability in usbmuxd, which potentially can be
> exploited by malicious people with physical access to compromise a
> vulnerable system.
>
> The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the
> "receive_packet()" function (libusbmuxd/libusbmuxd.c) when processing a
> property list containing an overly long "SerialNumber" field, which can
> be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.
>
> Successful exploitation may allow the execution of arbitrary code, but
> requires that the attacker is able to connect a malicious USB device.
>
> https://secunia.com/advisories/47545/
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=399409
>
> source code commit:
> http://git.marcansoft.com/?p=usbmuxd.git;a=commitdiff;h=f794991993af56a74795891b4ff9da506bc893e6
>
What a well formed CVE request ;)
Please use CVE-2012-0065 for this issue.
--
-- Kurt Seifried / Red Hat Security Response Team
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