Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0011: gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free (ALINUX3-SA-2024:0011)

high Nessus Plugin ID 236325

Synopsis

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2024:0011 advisory.

Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2023-44429:
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in GStreamer in the AV1 codec parser when handling certain malformed streams. A malicious third party could use this flaw to trigger a crash in the application and possibly affect code execution through heap manipulation.

CVE-2023-44446:
A use-after-free flaw was found in the MXF demuxer in GStreamer when handling certain MXF video files.
This issue could allow a malicious third party to trigger a crash in the application and may allow code execution.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud 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 affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 236325

File Name: alinux3_sa_2024-0011.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/14/2025

Updated: 5/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2023-44446

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: cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/13/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-44429, CVE-2023-44446

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