SB2017042816 - Uncontrolled Recursion in gst-plugins-base1 (Alpine package)
Published: April 28, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017042816
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) Uncontrolled Recursion (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5839)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.