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Arch Linux: ASA-201702-6 Low Severity DDoS in Gst-Plugins-Ugly

Calendar Feb 05, 2017 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory denial of service security issue low severity arch linux gst-plugins-ugly
The package gst-plugins-ugly before version 1.10.3-1 is vulnerable to denial of service. 
Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201702-6
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Severity: Low
Date    : 2017-02-03
CVE-ID  : CVE-2017-5846 CVE-2017-5847
Package : gst-plugins-ugly
Type    : denial of service
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-166

Summary
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The package gst-plugins-ugly 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-ugly>=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-2017-5846 (denial of service)

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

- CVE-2017-5847 (denial of service)

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

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=777937
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777955
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-5846
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-5847