SB2017020313 - Arch Linux update for gst-plugins-bad
Published: February 3, 2017 Updated: May 3, 2017
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5843)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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.
2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5848)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The gst_ps_demux_parse_psm function in gst/mpegdemux/gstmpegdemux.c in gst-plugins-bad in GStreamer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and crash) via vectors involving PSM parsing.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.