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AlmaLinux 8 : gstreamer1-plugins-good (ALSA-2022:7618)

high Nessus Plugin ID 167298

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2022:7618 advisory.

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

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

Solution

Update the affected gstreamer1-plugins-good and / or gstreamer1-plugins-good-gtk packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-7618.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 167298

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-7618.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 11/12/2022

Updated: 11/12/2022

Supported Sensors: 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 Score Source: CVE-2021-3497

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:alma:linux:gstreamer1-plugins-good, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:gstreamer1-plugins-good-gtk, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/19/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3497

CWE: 416