SuSE 11 Security Update : gstreamer (SAT Patch Number 742)

high Nessus Plugin ID 41400

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Specially crafted cover art tags in vorbis files could trigger a heap overflow in the base64 decoder. Attackers could potentially exploit that to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2009-0586)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 742.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481479

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0586.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 41400

File Name: suse_11_gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base-090406.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2009

Updated: 10/24/2019

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libgstinterfaces-0_10-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base-doc, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libgstinterfaces-0_10-0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/6/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0586

CWE: 189