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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 ...

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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