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Gentoo: GLSA-202208-31 High: GStreamer Multiple Risks Detected Code Issue

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Calendar Grey August 14, 2022
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Multiple GStreamer security flaws in Gentoo Linux could lead to arbitrary code execution; prompt updates are recommended for impacted users.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GStreamer and its plugins, the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GStreamer and its plugins. Please review the CVE and GStreamer-SA identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

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Resolution

All GStreamer users should update to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/gstreamer-1.20.2"
All gst-plugins-bad users should update to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/gst-plugins-bad-1.20.2"
All gst-plugins-good users should update to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/gst-plugins-good-1.20.2"
All gst-plugins-ugly users should update to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/gst-plugins-ugly-1.20.2"
All gst-plugins-base users should update to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/gst-plugins-base-1.20.2"
All gst-plugins-libav users should update to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-plugins/gst-plugins-libav-1.20.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2021-3185 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3185 [ 2 ] CVE-2021-3497 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3497 [ 3 ] CVE-2021-3498 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3498 [ 4 ] CVE-2021-3522 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3522 [ 5 ] GStreamer-SA-2021-0001 [ 6 ] GStreamer-SA-2021-0002 [ 7 ] GStreamer-SA-2021-0004 [ 8 ] GStreamer-SA-2021-0005

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-31
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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: High
Title: GStreamer, GStreamer Plugins: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: August 14, 2022
Bugs: #766336, #785652, #785655, #785658, #785661, #835368, #843770, #765163
ID: 202208-31

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GStreamer and its plugins, the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution.

Background

GStreamer is an open source multimedia framework.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/gst-plugins-bad < 1.16.3 >= 1.16.3 2 media-libs/gst-plugins-base< 1.18.4 >= 1.18.4 3 media-libs/gst-plugins-good< 1.18.4 >= 1.18.4 4 media-libs/gst-plugins-ugly< 1.18.4 >= 1.18.4 5 media-libs/gstreamer < 1.20.2 >= 1.20.2 6 media-plugins/gst-plugins-libav< 1.18.4 >= 1.18.4

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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