Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : GStreamer vulnerability (USN-6291-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 179902

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6291-1 advisory.

Hanno Bock discovered that GStreamer incorrecly handled certain datetime strings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive information.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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: High

ID: 179902

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6291-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-5838

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgstreamer1.0-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer1.0-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgstreamer1.0-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/16/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/1/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5838

USN: 6291-1

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