SB2017011311 - Out-of-bounds read in GStreamer gst-plugins-bad1
Published: January 13, 2017 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017011311
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9812)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The gst_mpegts_section_new function in the mpegts decoder in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a too small section.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0021.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3818
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95160
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775048
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.2
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10