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Ubuntu: USN-3244-1 (CVE-2017-5839): GStreamer Base Plugins vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3244-1 (CVE-2017-5839): GStreamer Base Plugins vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/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 does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack overflow and crash) via vectors involving nested WAVEFORMATEX.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-gstreamer0-10-plugins-base
  • ubuntu-upgrade-gstreamer1-0-plugins-base

References

  • USN-3244-1
  • DSA-3819
  • CVE-2017-5839

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