Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-5843 - Use After Free vulnerability in Gstreamer Project Gstreamer

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
gstreamer-project
CWE-416
nessus

Summary

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the (1) gst_mini_object_unref, (2) gst_tag_list_unref, and (3) gst_mxf_demux_update_essence_tracks functions in GStreamer before 1.10.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving stream tags, as demonstrated by 02785736.mxf.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Gstreamer_Project
49

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201705-10.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201705-10 (GStreamer plug-ins: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in various GStreamer plug-ins. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could entice a user or automated system using a GStreamer plug-in to process a specially crafted file, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id100263
    published2017-05-18
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/100263
    titleGLSA-201705-10 : GStreamer plug-ins: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-3818.NASL
    descriptionHanno Boeck discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the GStreamer media framework and its codecs and demuxers, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed media file is opened.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id99004
    published2017-03-28
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99004
    titleDebian DSA-3818-1 : gst-plugins-bad1.0 - security update
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2017-1205.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the versions of the gstreamer packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Multiple flaws were found in gstreamer1, gstreamer1-plugins-base, gstreamer1-plugins-good, and gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free packages. An attacker could potentially use these flaws to crash applications which use the GStreamer framework. (CVE-2016-9446, CVE-2016-9810, CVE-2016-9811, CVE-2016-10198, CVE-2016-10199, CVE-2017-5837, CVE-2017-5838, CVE-2017-5839, CVE-2017-5840, CVE-2017-5841, CVE-2017-5842, CVE-2017-5843, CVE-2017-5844, CVE-2017-5845, CVE-2017-5848) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-10
    modified2017-09-11
    plugin id103063
    published2017-09-11
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/103063
    titleEulerOS 2.0 SP1 : gstreamer (EulerOS-SA-2017-1205)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-830.NASL
    descriptionSome memory management issues were found in the GStreamer
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2017-02-21
    plugin id97235
    published2017-02-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/97235
    titleDebian DLA-830-1 : gst-plugins-bad0.10 security update
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2017-0962-1.NASL
    descriptionThis update for gstreamer-plugins-bad fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed : - CVE-2017-5843: set stream tags to NULL after unrefing (bsc#1024044). - CVE-2017-5848: rewrite PSM parsing to add bounds checking (bsc#1024068). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id99261
    published2017-04-10
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99261
    titleSUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : gstreamer-plugins-bad (SUSE-SU-2017:0962-1)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-2164.NASL
    descriptionSeveral issues have been found in gst-plugins-bad0.10, a package containing GStreamer plugins from the
    last seen2020-04-07
    modified2020-04-02
    plugin id135099
    published2020-04-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135099
    titleDebian DLA-2164-1 : gst-plugins-bad0.10 security update
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2017-479.NASL
    descriptionThis update for gstreamer-plugins-bad fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : - CVE-2017-5843: set stream tags to NULL after unrefing (bsc#1024044). - CVE-2017-5848: rewrite PSM parsing to add bounds checking (bsc#1024068). This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2017-04-19
    plugin id99448
    published2017-04-19
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99448
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : gstreamer-plugins-bad (openSUSE-2017-479)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2017-216F4B9F9D.NASL
    descriptionSecurity fix for CVE-2017-5848, CVE-2017-5843 - Downgrade to 1.10.3 as it is the latest stable release Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2017-02-21
    plugin id97241
    published2017-02-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/97241
    titleFedora 25 : mingw-gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free (2017-216f4b9f9d)
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2017-1206.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the versions of the gstreamer packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Multiple flaws were found in gstreamer1, gstreamer1-plugins-base, gstreamer1-plugins-good, and gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free packages. An attacker could potentially use these flaws to crash applications which use the GStreamer framework. (CVE-2016-9446, CVE-2016-9810, CVE-2016-9811, CVE-2016-10198, CVE-2016-10199, CVE-2017-5837, CVE-2017-5838, CVE-2017-5839, CVE-2017-5840, CVE-2017-5841, CVE-2017-5842, CVE-2017-5843, CVE-2017-5844, CVE-2017-5845, CVE-2017-5848) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-03
    modified2017-09-11
    plugin id103064
    published2017-09-11
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/103064
    titleEulerOS 2.0 SP2 : gstreamer (EulerOS-SA-2017-1206)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2017-2060.NASL
    descriptionAn update is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. GStreamer is a streaming media framework based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: clutter-gst2 (2.0.18), gnome-video-effects (0.4.3), gstreamer1 (1.10.4), gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free (1.10.4), gstreamer1-plugins-base (1.10.4), gstreamer1-plugins-good (1.10.4), orc (0.4.26). Security Fix(es) : * Multiple flaws were found in gstreamer1, gstreamer1-plugins-base, gstreamer1-plugins-good, and gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free packages. An attacker could potentially use these flaws to crash applications which use the GStreamer framework. (CVE-2016-9446, CVE-2016-9810, CVE-2016-9811, CVE-2016-10198, CVE-2016-10199, CVE-2017-5837, CVE-2017-5838, CVE-2017-5839, CVE-2017-5840, CVE-2017-5841, CVE-2017-5842, CVE-2017-5843, CVE-2017-5844, CVE-2017-5845, CVE-2017-5848) Additional Changes : For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id102150
    published2017-08-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/102150
    titleRHEL 7 : GStreamer (RHSA-2017:2060)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2017-A7373B6432.NASL
    descriptionNew GStreamer release Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2017-07-17
    plugin id101698
    published2017-07-17
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/101698
    titleFedora 26 : gst-editing-services / gstreamer1 / gstreamer1-plugin-mpg123 / etc (2017-a7373b6432)
  • NASL familyScientific Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idSL_20170802_GSTREAMER_ON_SL7_X.NASL
    descriptionThe following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: clutter-gst2 (2.0.18), gnome-video-effects (0.4.3), gstreamer1 (1.10.4), gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free (1.10.4), gstreamer1-plugins-base (1.10.4), gstreamer1-plugins-good (1.10.4), orc (0.4.26). Security Fix(es) : - Multiple flaws were found in gstreamer1, gstreamer1-plugins-base, gstreamer1-plugins-good, and gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free packages. An attacker could potentially use these flaws to crash applications which use the GStreamer framework. (CVE-2016-9446, CVE-2016-9810, CVE-2016-9811, CVE-2016-10198, CVE-2016-10199, CVE-2017-5837, CVE-2017-5838, CVE-2017-5839, CVE-2017-5840, CVE-2017-5841, CVE-2017-5842, CVE-2017-5843, CVE-2017-5844, CVE-2017-5845, CVE-2017-5848)
    last seen2020-03-18
    modified2017-08-22
    plugin id102659
    published2017-08-22
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/102659
    titleScientific Linux Security Update : GStreamer on SL7.x x86_64 (20170802)
  • NASL familyCentOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idCENTOS_RHSA-2017-2060.NASL
    descriptionAn update is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. GStreamer is a streaming media framework based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: clutter-gst2 (2.0.18), gnome-video-effects (0.4.3), gstreamer1 (1.10.4), gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free (1.10.4), gstreamer1-plugins-base (1.10.4), gstreamer1-plugins-good (1.10.4), orc (0.4.26). Security Fix(es) : * Multiple flaws were found in gstreamer1, gstreamer1-plugins-base, gstreamer1-plugins-good, and gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free packages. An attacker could potentially use these flaws to crash applications which use the GStreamer framework. (CVE-2016-9446, CVE-2016-9810, CVE-2016-9811, CVE-2016-10198, CVE-2016-10199, CVE-2017-5837, CVE-2017-5838, CVE-2017-5839, CVE-2017-5840, CVE-2017-5841, CVE-2017-5842, CVE-2017-5843, CVE-2017-5844, CVE-2017-5845, CVE-2017-5848) Additional Changes : For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id102752
    published2017-08-25
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/102752
    titleCentOS 7 : clutter-gst2 / gnome-video-effects / gstreamer-plugins-bad-free / etcgstreamer1 / etc (CESA-2017:2060)

Redhat

advisories
rhsa
idRHSA-2017:2060
rpms
  • clutter-gst2-0:2.0.18-1.el7
  • clutter-gst2-debuginfo-0:2.0.18-1.el7
  • clutter-gst2-devel-0:2.0.18-1.el7
  • gnome-video-effects-0:0.4.3-1.el7
  • gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-0:0.10.23-23.el7
  • gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo-0:0.10.23-23.el7
  • gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel-0:0.10.23-23.el7
  • gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel-docs-0:0.10.23-23.el7
  • gstreamer-plugins-good-0:0.10.31-13.el7
  • gstreamer-plugins-good-debuginfo-0:0.10.31-13.el7
  • gstreamer-plugins-good-devel-docs-0:0.10.31-13.el7
  • gstreamer1-0:1.10.4-2.el7
  • gstreamer1-debuginfo-0:1.10.4-2.el7
  • gstreamer1-devel-0:1.10.4-2.el7
  • gstreamer1-devel-docs-0:1.10.4-2.el7
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-0:1.10.4-2.el7
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo-0:1.10.4-2.el7
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel-0:1.10.4-2.el7
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-gtk-0:1.10.4-2.el7
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-0:1.10.4-1.el7
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-debuginfo-0:1.10.4-1.el7
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-0:1.10.4-1.el7
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-docs-0:1.10.4-1.el7
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools-0:1.10.4-1.el7
  • gstreamer1-plugins-good-0:1.10.4-2.el7
  • gstreamer1-plugins-good-debuginfo-0:1.10.4-2.el7
  • orc-0:0.4.26-1.el7
  • orc-compiler-0:0.4.26-1.el7
  • orc-debuginfo-0:0.4.26-1.el7
  • orc-devel-0:0.4.26-1.el7
  • orc-doc-0:0.4.26-1.el7