Arch Linux: ASA-201702-3 Low Severity: Gstreamer DoS Issue

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201702-3
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Severity: Low
Date    : 2017-02-03
CVE-ID  : CVE-2016-10198 CVE-2016-10199 CVE-2017-5840 CVE-2017-5841
          CVE-2017-5845
Package : gst-plugins-good
Type    : denial of service
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-163

Summary
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The package gst-plugins-good before version 1.10.3-1 is vulnerable to
denial of service.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 1.10.3-1.

# pacman -Syu "gst-plugins-good>=1.10.3-1"

The problems have been fixed upstream in version 1.10.3.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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- CVE-2016-10198 (denial of service)

An invalid memory read flaw has been found in gstreamer before 1.10.3,
in gst_aac_parse_sink_setcaps.

- CVE-2016-10199 (denial of service)

An out of bounds read has been found in gstreamer before 1.10.3, in
qtdemux_tag_add_str_full.

- CVE-2017-5840 (denial of service)

An out-of-bounds read has been found in gstreamer before 1.10.3, in
qtdemux_parse_samples.

- CVE-2017-5841 (denial of service)

An out-of-bounds read has been found in gstreamer before 1.10.3, in
gst_avi_demux_parse_ncdt.

- CVE-2017-5845 (denial of service)

An out-of-bounds read has been found in gstreamer before 1.10.3, in
gst_avi_demux_parse_ncdt.

Impact
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A remote attacker can crash gstreamer via a crafted file.

References
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https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/284
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775450
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775451
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777469
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777500
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777532
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2016-10198
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2016-10199
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-5840
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-5841
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-5845