MGASA-2018-0012

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MGASA-2018-0012

Summary: Updated gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad/gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad packages fix security vulnerability

Details: Chris Evans discovered that the GStreamer plugin to decode VMware screen capture files allowed the execution of arbitrary code (CVE-2016-9445, CVE-2016-9446). Chris Evans discovered that the GStreamer 0.10 plugin to decode NES Sound Format files allowed the execution of arbitrary code (CVE-2016-9447). Hanno Boeck discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the GStreamer media framework and its codecs and demuxers, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed media file is opened (CVE-2016-9809, CVE-2016-9812, CVE-2016-9813, CVE-2017-5843, CVE-2017-5848). The gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad package was affected by CVE-2016-9445, CVE-2016-9446, CVE-2016-9447, CVE-2016-9809, CVE-2017-5843, and CVE-2017-5848). The gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad package was affected by CVE-2016-9445, CVE-2016-9446, CVE-2016-9809, CVE-2016-9812, CVE-2016-9813, CVE-2017-5843, and CVE-2017-5848.

References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0012.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20238, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19802, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19814, https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3713, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/13, https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3717, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/12, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/8, https://lwn.net/Vulnerabilities/708524/, https://lwn.net/Vulnerabilities/708873/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/IQKP5AYCCUOV4CJ6YAVAIDLWZRXEY7JG/, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3818