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Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-docs package, versions <0:1.10.4-1.el7

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.04% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-GSTREAMER1PLUGINSBASEDEVELDOCS-2516473
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed9 Feb 2017
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Introduced: 9 Feb 2017

CVE-2017-5839  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-docs to version 0:1.10.4-1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-2060.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-docs package and not the gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-docs package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.