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Debian DLA-712-1 : gst-plugins-bad0.10 security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 94983

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

CVE-2016-9445 CVE-2016-9446

Chris Evans discovered that the GStreamer plugin to decode VMware screen capture files allowed the execution of arbitrary code. He also found that an initialized buffer may lead into memory disclosure.

CVE-2016-9447

Chris Evans discovered that the GStreamer 0.10 plugin to decode NES Sound Format files allowed the execution of arbitrary code.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 0.10.23-7.1+deb7u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your gst-plugins-bad0.10 packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/11/msg00019.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/gst-plugins-bad0.10

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94983

File Name: debian_DLA-712.nasl

Version: 3.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/21/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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:debian:debian_linux:gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgstreamer-plugins-bad0.10-0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgstreamer-plugins-bad0.10-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9445, CVE-2016-9446, CVE-2016-9447