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openSUSE 15.5 SUSE-SU-2023:3249-1 Critical: GStreamer Code Execution

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Calendar Grey August 8, 2023
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A critical patch for gstreamer-plugins-good targets heap corruption vulnerabilities that present significant dangers.
This update for gstreamer-plugins-bad fixes the following issues: CVE-2023-37329: Fixed a heap overwrite in PGS subtitle overlay decoder which might trigger a crash or remote code ...

Description

This update for gstreamer-plugins-bad fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2023-37329: Fixed a heap overwrite in PGS subtitle overlay decoder which

might trigger a crash or remote code execution. (bsc#1213126)

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security advisory update code execution critical flaw openSUSE gstreamer heap overwrite

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Important update use the SUSE recommended installation

methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-3249=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2023-3249=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP5-2023-3249=1

* SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP5-2023-3249=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* gstreamer-plugins-bad-devel-1.22.0-150500.3.3.1

* libgstplayer-1_0-0-1.22.0-150500.3.3.1

* typelib-1_0-GstInsertBin-1_0-1.22.0-150500.3.3.1

* typelib-1_0-GstTranscoder-1_0-1.22.0-150500.3.3.1

* libgstbasecamerabinsrc-1_0-0-1.22.0-150500.3.3.1

* typelib-1_0-GstPlayer-1_0-1.22.0-150500.3.3.1

* typelib-1_0-GstBadAudio-1_0-1.22.0-150500.3.3.1

* gstreamer-plugins-bad-chromaprint-debuginfo-1.22.0-150500.3.3.1

* libgstcuda-1_0-0-debuginfo-1.22.0-150500.3.3.1

* libgstphotography-1_0-0-debuginfo-1.22.0-150500.3.3.1

* gstreamer-transcoder-debuginfo-1.22.0-150500.3.3.1

* libgstcodecs-1_0-0-1.22.0-150500.3.3.1

* libgstva-1_0-0-1.22.0-150500.3.3.1

* libgstplay-1_0-0-1.22.0-150500.3.3.1

* libgstplayer-1_0-0-debuginfo-1.22.0-150500.3.3.1

* typelib-1_0-GstVulkanXCB-1_0-1.22.0-150500.3.3.1

* typelib-1_0-GstVa-1_0-1.22.0-150500.3.3.1

* libgstwebrtcnice-1_0-0-debuginfo-1.22.0-150500.3.3.1

* libgstvulkan-1_0-0-1.22.0-150500.3.3.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* #1213126

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-37329.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213126

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:3249-1
Rating: important

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