RHEL 9 : gstreamer1, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free, gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free, and gstreamer1-rtsp-server (RHSA-2025:7178)

high Nessus Plugin ID 235807

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for gstreamer1 / gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free / gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free / gstreamer1-rtsp-server.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:7178 advisory.

The gstreamer1 packages contain a streaming media framework, based on graphs of filters which operate on media data.

Security Fix(es):

* gstreamer: EXIF Metadata Parsing Integer Overflow (CVE-2024-4453)

* gstreamer: AV1 Video Parsing Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CVE-2024-0444)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the RHEL gstreamer1 / gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free / gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free / gstreamer1-rtsp-server packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:7178.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 235807

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2025-7178.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/13/2025

Updated: 5/13/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-0444

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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:redhat:enterprise_linux:gstreamer1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gstreamer1-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-0444, CVE-2024-4453

CWE: 121, 190

RHSA: 2025:7178

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