Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201702-6
========================================
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
======
The package gst-plugins-ugly before version 1.10.3-1 is vulnerable to
denial of service.

Resolution
=========
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
=========
None.

Description
==========
- 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
=====
A remote attacker can crash gstreamer via a crafted file.

References
=========
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

ArchLinux: 201702-6: gst-plugins-ugly: denial of service

February 5, 2017

Summary

- 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.

Resolution

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.

References

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

Severity
Package : gst-plugins-ugly
Type : denial of service
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-166

Workaround

None.

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