SUSE update for gstreamer-plugins-good

1) Heap-based buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU77964

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-37327

CWE-ID: CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the FLAC parser when handling malformed image tags. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger a 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.

Mitigation

Update the affected package gstreamer-plugins-good to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL: 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: SP2 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12: SP2 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12: SP5

gstreamer-plugins-good-lang: before 1.8.3-16.9.1

gstreamer-plugins-good: before 1.8.3-16.9.1

gstreamer-plugins-good-debuginfo: before 1.8.3-16.9.1

gstreamer-plugins-good-debugsource: before 1.8.3-16.9.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20233246-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.