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Debian: DSA-3819-1 Critical: GStreamer Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey March 27, 2017
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The recent Debian security advisory DSA-3819-1 tackles multiple security flaws within GStreamer that may lead to Denial of Service (DoS) or possible execution of arbitrary code.
Hanno Boeck discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the GStreamer media framework and its codecs and demuxers, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary co...
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Summary

Hanno Boeck discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the GStreamer media
framework and its codecs and demuxers, which may result in denial of
service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed media file is
opened.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.4.4-2+deb8u1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been
fixed in version 1.10.4-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.10.4-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your gst-plugins-base1.0 packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: gst-plugins-base1.0
CVE ID: CVE-2016-9811 CVE-2017-5837 CVE-2017-5839 CVE-2017-5842

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