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Debian 11: DSA-5583-1 Critical: GStreamer Buffer Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey December 21, 2023
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A critical vulnerability in GStreamer involving buffer overflow may enable attackers to exploit the software, resulting in possible denial of service (DoS) and unauthorized access risks
A buffer overflow was discovered in the AV1 video plugin for the GStreamer media framework, which may result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code if ...
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Summary

A buffer overflow was discovered in the AV1 video plugin for the
GStreamer media framework, which may result in denial of service or
potentially the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed media file
is opened.

The oldstable distribution (bullseye) is not affected.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.22.0-4+deb12u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your gst-plugins-bad1.0 packages.

For the detailed security status of gst-plugins-bad1.0 please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/gst-plugins-bad1.0

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-bad1.0
CVE ID: not yet available

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