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CentOS Linux: CVE-2016-9812: Moderate: gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free security update (CESA-2017:0021)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2016-9812: Moderate: gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free security update (CESA-2017:0021)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/09/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/27/2017
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

The gst_mpegts_section_new function in the mpegts decoder in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a too small section.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free
  • centos-upgrade-gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel

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