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From: Yury German <blueknight@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201512-07 ] GStreamer: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 11:48:21
Message-Id: 5683C3C5.4080908@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201512-07
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: GStreamer: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
9 Date: December 30, 2015
10 Bugs: #553742
11 ID: 201512-07
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15 Synopsis
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18 A buffer overflow in GStreamer could allow remote attackers to execute
19 arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.
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21 Background
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24 GStreamer is an open source multimedia framework.
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26 Affected packages
27 =================
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 media-libs/gstreamer < 1.4.5 >= 1.4.5
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34 Description
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37 A buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in the parsing of H.264
38 formatted video.
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40 Impact
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43 A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted H.264
44 formatted video using an application linked against GStreamer, possibly
45 resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the
46 process or a Denial of Service condition.
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48 Workaround
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51 There is no known workaround at this time.
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53 Resolution
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56 All GStreamer users should upgrade to the latest version:
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58 # emerge --sync
59 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/gstreamer-1.4.5"
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61 References
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64 [ 1 ] CVE-2015-0797
65 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0797
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67 Availability
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70 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
71 the Gentoo Security Website:
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73 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-07
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75 Concerns?
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78 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
79 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
80 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
81 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
82 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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84 License
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87 Copyright 2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
88 belongs to its owner(s).
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90 The contents of this document are licensed under the
91 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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93 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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