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Oracle Linux 8 : gstreamer1-plugins-good (ELSA-2026-59179)

high Nessus Plugin ID 339378

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-59179 advisory.

 - Fix CVE-2026-18296: heap buffer overflow in qtmoovrecover Resolves: RHEL-246382
 - Fix CVE-2026-18298: heap buffer overflow in GdkPixbuf image decoder Resolves: RHEL-246561
 - Fix CVE-2026-18299: Use-After-Free in rtpsbcdepay Resolves: RHEL-246618

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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 gstreamer1-plugins-good and / or gstreamer1-plugins-good-gtk packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-59179.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 339378

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-59179.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/25/2026

Updated: 8/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.2

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-2026-18299

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-18295, CVE-2026-18296, CVE-2026-18298, CVE-2026-18299