SB2017042833 - Out-of-bounds write in gst-plugins-good (Alpine package)
Published: April 28, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017042833
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 write (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9808)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The FLIC decoder in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) via a crafted series of skip and count pairs.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=3571afbf18131cb6b65d4853100186bd34843820
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=126b7fb34316979070ba2441c8ea4cb401bf3621
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=65a9c6cbf0d7b61eb2ac4941fc9e20ed1316638e
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=05b1347bb9070f0dbeb6d7625a91d2b22ac35eaf