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Gentoo: 201512-07 Normal: GStreamer Buffer Overflow Risk of Code Execution

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Calendar Grey December 30, 2015
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202312-15 alerts about a critical vulnerability in GStreamer enabling remote code execution and potential Denial of Service (DoS) attacks.
A buffer overflow in GStreamer could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.

Summary

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in the parsing of H.264 formatted video.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service buffer overflow arbitrary code execution normal severity gstreamer

Resolution

All GStreamer users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/gstreamer-1.4.5"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-0797 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0797

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-07
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: GStreamer: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Date: December 30, 2015
Bugs: #553742
ID: 201512-07

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service buffer overflow arbitrary code execution normal severity gstreamer

Synopsis

A buffer overflow in GStreamer could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.

Background

GStreamer is an open source multimedia framework.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/gstreamer < 1.4.5 >= 1.4.5

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted H.264 formatted video using an application linked against GStreamer, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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