Out-of-bounds Read Affecting gstreamer1.0 package, versions <1.10.3-1
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- published9 Feb 2017
- disclosed9 Feb 2017
Introduced: 9 Feb 2017
CVE-2017-5838 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable gstreamer1.0 to version 1.10.3-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gstreamer1.0 package and not the gstreamer1.0 package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
The gst_date_time_new_from_iso8601_string function in gst/gstdatetime.c in GStreamer before 1.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a malformed datetime string.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5838
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3822
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777263
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/9
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96001
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-5838