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Debian 8: DSA-3822-1 Moderate: GStreamer Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey March 27, 2017
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Improve the GStreamer architecture by integrating essential security patches to thwart potential denial of service attacks and prevent unauthorized code execution.
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...

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), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4.4-2+deb8u1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been
fixed in version 1.10.3-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version version 1.10.3-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your gstreamer1.0 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: gstreamer1.0
CVE ID: CVE-2017-5838

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