Amazon Linux 2 : gstreamer1-plugins-base (ALAS-2023-2000)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 173195

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of gstreamer1-plugins-base installed on the remote host is prior to 1.10.4-2. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2000 advisory.

- 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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'yum update gstreamer1-plugins-base' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2000.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-3522.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 173195

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2000.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/22/2023

Updated: 3/22/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3522

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gstreamer1-plugins-base, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gstreamer1-plugins-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-docs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/2/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3522