AlmaLinux 8 : gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free (ALSA-2023:7841)

high Nessus Plugin ID 187027

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2023:7841 advisory.

- MXF demuxer use-after-free vulnerability [fedora-all] (CVE-2023-44446)

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 gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free and / or gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-7841.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 187027

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2023-7841.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 12/15/2023

Updated: 12/15/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2023-44446

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: cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-44446

CWE: 416