Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting gstreamer1-plugins-good package, versions <0:1.10.4-2.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.74% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-GSTREAMER1PLUGINSGOOD-4748579
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed15 Jan 2016

Introduced: 15 Jan 2016

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 gstreamer1-plugins-good to version 0:1.10.4-2.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-good package and not the gstreamer1-plugins-good package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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.