Debian DLA-2640-1 : gst-plugins-good1.0 security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 149009

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the Matroska plugin of the the GStreamer media framework, which may result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed media file is opened.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.10.4-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your gst-plugins-good1.0 packages.

For the detailed security status of gst-plugins-good1.0 please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/gst-plugins-good1.0

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 149009

File Name: debian_DLA-2640.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/27/2021

Updated: 4/29/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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-2021-3497

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:debian:debian_linux:gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gstreamer1.0-plugins-good-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gstreamer1.0-plugins-good-dbg, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gstreamer1.0-plugins-good

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/26/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/19/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3497

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