AlmaLinux 8 : gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free (ALSA-2025:8201)

high Nessus Plugin ID 237342

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-2025:8201 advisory.

* GStreamer: GStreamer H265 Codec Parsing Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2025-3887)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

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-bad-free and / or gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-8201.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:8201

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 237342

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2025-8201.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 5/27/2025

Updated: 5/27/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2025-3887

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:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/27/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-3887

CWE: 121

RHSA: 2025:8201