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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-5847: GStreamer plug-ins: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-5847: GStreamer plug-ins: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/09/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
11/06/2017

Description

The gst_asf_demux_process_ext_content_desc function in gst/asfdemux/gstasfdemux.c in gst-plugins-ugly in GStreamer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via vectors involving extended content descriptors.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-gst-plugins-bad
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-gst-plugins-base
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-gst-plugins-good
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-gst-plugins-ugly

References

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