Amazon Linux 2 : gstreamer-plugins-good (ALAS-2023-2011)

high Nessus Plugin ID 173919

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of gstreamer-plugins-good installed on the remote host is prior to 0.10.31-20. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2011 advisory.

- GStreamer before 1.18.4 might access already-freed memory in error code paths when demuxing certain malformed Matroska files. (CVE-2021-3497)

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

Solution

Run 'yum update gstreamer-plugins-good' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2011.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-3497.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 173919

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2011.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/5/2023

Updated: 4/5/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, 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-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:amazon:linux:gstreamer-plugins-good, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gstreamer-plugins-good-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gstreamer-plugins-good-devel-docs, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/19/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3497