Use After Free Affecting gstreamer1-plugins-base package, versions <0:1.10.4-1.el7
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed19 Jan 2017
Introduced: 19 Jan 2017
CVE-2017-5843 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 gstreamer1-plugins-base to version 0:1.10.4-1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:2060.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gstreamer1-plugins-base package and not the gstreamer1-plugins-base package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the (1) gst_mini_object_unref, (2) gst_tag_list_unref, and (3) gst_mxf_demux_update_essence_tracks functions in GStreamer before 1.10.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving stream tags, as demonstrated by 02785736.mxf.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96001
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777503
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.3
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5843
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3818
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00038.html
- 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