SB2019042411 - Remote code execution in GStreamer
Published: April 24, 2019 Updated: June 25, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019042411
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9928)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the the RTSP connection parser when processing a crafted response from a server. A remote attacker can trick the victim to connect to a malicious RTSP server, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00078.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00082.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00049.html
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2019-0001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00030.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00031.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/39
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-33
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3958-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4437