The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4928-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause access sensitive information or cause a crash. (CVE-2021-3497)

    It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04     LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.10. (CVE-2021-3498)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An update of the gstreamer package has been released.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:2915-1 advisory.

  - GStreamer before 1.18.4 might access already-freed memory in error code paths when demuxing certain     malformed Matroska files. (CVE-2021-3497)

  - GStreamer before 1.18.4 might cause heap corruption when parsing certain malformed Matroska files.
    (CVE-2021-3498)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in plugins for the GStreamer media framework, which may result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed media file is opened.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - GStreamer before 1.18.4 might cause heap corruption when parsing certain malformed Matroska files.
    (CVE-2021-3498)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:2915-1 advisory.

  - GStreamer before 1.18.4 might access already-freed memory in error code paths when demuxing certain     malformed Matroska files. (CVE-2021-3497)

  - GStreamer before 1.18.4 might cause heap corruption when parsing certain malformed Matroska files.
    (CVE-2021-3498)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:1230-1 advisory.

  - GStreamer before 1.18.4 might access already-freed memory in error code paths when demuxing certain     malformed Matroska files. (CVE-2021-3497)

  - GStreamer before 1.18.4 might cause heap corruption when parsing certain malformed Matroska files.
    (CVE-2021-3498)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202208-31 (GStreamer, GStreamer Plugins: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

  - A flaw was found in the gstreamer h264 component of gst-plugins-bad before v1.18.1 where when parsing a     h264 header, an attacker could cause the stack to be smashed, memory corruption and possibly code     execution. (CVE-2021-3185)

  - GStreamer before 1.18.4 might access already-freed memory in error code paths when demuxing certain     malformed Matroska files. (CVE-2021-3497)

  - GStreamer before 1.18.4 might cause heap corruption when parsing certain malformed Matroska files.
    (CVE-2021-3498)

  - GStreamer before 1.18.4 may perform an out-of-bounds read when handling certain ID3v2 tags.
    (CVE-2021-3522)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
149055	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : GStreamer Good Plugins vulnerabilities (USN-4928-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	4/29/2021	8/27/2024	high
203330	Photon OS 4.0: Gstreamer PHSA-2023-4.0-0320	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/23/2024	7/23/2024	high
153015	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : gstreamer-plugins-good (SUSE-SU-2021:2915-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	9/4/2021	7/13/2023	high
149011	Debian DSA-4900-1 : gst-plugins-good1.0 - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	4/27/2021	6/7/2021	high
223903	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-3498	Nessus	Misc.	3/5/2025	3/5/2025	high
153008	openSUSE 15 Security Update : gstreamer-plugins-good (openSUSE-SU-2021:2915-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	9/4/2021	1/20/2022	high
153025	openSUSE 15 Security Update : gstreamer-plugins-good (openSUSE-SU-2021:1230-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	9/6/2021	1/20/2022	high
164117	GLSA-202208-31 : GStreamer, GStreamer Plugins: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	8/15/2022	10/16/2023	critical

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