SB2017020910 - Uncontrolled Recursion in GStreamer gst-plugins-bad1
Published: February 9, 2017 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017020910
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Uncontrolled Recursion (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5839)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The gst_riff_create_audio_caps function in gst-libs/gst/riff/riff-media.c in gst-plugins-base in GStreamer before 1.10.3 does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack overflow and crash) via vectors involving nested WAVEFORMATEX.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3819
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96001
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777265
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.3
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10