Ubuntu 8.10 : gst-plugins-base0.10 vulnerability (USN-735-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 37364

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that the Base64 decoding functions in GStreamer Base Plugins did not properly handle large images in Vorbis file tags. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted Vorbis file, an attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/735-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 37364

File Name: ubuntu_USN-735-1.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer0.10-x, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer0.10-plugins-base-apps, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer0.10-plugins-base-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer0.10-alsa, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer0.10-plugins-base-doc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer0.10-plugins-base

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0586

BID: 34100

CWE: 189

USN: 735-1