[manjaro-security] [arch-security] [ASA-201702-7] gstreamer: denial of service

[Remi Gacogne]

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201702-7
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Severity: Low
Date    : 2017-02-03
CVE-ID  : CVE-2017-5838
Package : gstreamer
Type    : denial of service
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-167

Summary
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The package gstreamer before version 1.10.3-1 is vulnerable to denial
of service.

Resolution
==========

Upgrade to 1.10.3-1.

# pacman -Syu "gstreamer>=1.10.3-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 1.10.3.

Workaround
==========

None.

Description
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An out of bounds read has been found in gstreamer before 1.10.3, in
gst_date_time_new_from_iso8601_string.

Impact
======

A remote attacker can crash gstreamer via a crafted file.

References
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http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/284
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777263
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-5838

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