RHEL 8 : GStreamer, libmad, and SDL (RHSA-2020:1631)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 143019

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1631 advisory.

The GStreamer library provides a streaming media framework based on graphs of media data filters.

The libmad package is an MPEG audio decoder capable of 24-bit output.

Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide fast access to the graphics frame buffer and audio device.

Security Fix(es):

* libmad: Double-free in the mad_decoder_run() function (CVE-2018-7263)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 143019

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-1631.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/18/2020

Updated: 6/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-7263

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:orc-compiler, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sdl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sdl2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sdl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:orc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libmad, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gstreamer1-plugins-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:orc-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sdl2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libmad-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gstreamer1-plugins-good, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gstreamer1-plugins-good-gtk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gstreamer1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sdl2-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gstreamer1-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/28/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-7263

CWE: 416

RHSA: 2020:1631

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