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Debian: CVE-2017-5844: gst-plugins-base0.10, gst-plugins-base1.0 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-5844: gst-plugins-base0.10, gst-plugins-base1.0 -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/09/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/28/2017
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

The gst_riff_create_audio_caps function in gst-libs/gst/riff/riff-media.c in gst-plugins-base in GStreamer before 1.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (floating point exception and crash) via a crafted ASF file.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-gst-plugins-base0-10
  • debian-upgrade-gst-plugins-base1-0

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