Amazon Linux 2 : gstreamer1-plugins-base (ALAS-2023-2120)

high Nessus Plugin ID 178546

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of gstreamer1-plugins-base installed on the remote host is prior to 1.18.4-5. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2120 advisory.

Heap overwrite in subtitle parsing (CVE-2023-37328)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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

Run 'yum update gstreamer1-plugins-base' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 178546

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2120.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 7/20/2023

Updated: 12/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-37328

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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:gstreamer1-plugins-base, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gstreamer1-plugins-base-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-37328

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