GLSA 202208-31: GStreamer, GStreamer Plugins: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity:high
Title:GStreamer, GStreamer Plugins: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date:08/14/2022
Bugs: #766336, #785652, #785655, #785658, #785661, #835368, #843770, #765163
ID:202208-31

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GStreamer and its plugins, the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution.

Background

GStreamer is an open source multimedia framework.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
media-plugins/gst-plugins-libav < 1.18.4 >= 1.18.4 All supported architectures
media-libs/gstreamer < 1.20.2 >= 1.20.2 All supported architectures
media-libs/gst-plugins-ugly < 1.18.4 >= 1.18.4 All supported architectures
media-libs/gst-plugins-good < 1.18.4 >= 1.18.4 All supported architectures
media-libs/gst-plugins-base < 1.18.4 >= 1.18.4 All supported architectures
media-libs/gst-plugins-bad < 1.16.3 >= 1.16.3 All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GStreamer and its plugins. Please review the CVE and GStreamer-SA identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GStreamer users should update to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/gstreamer-1.20.2"
        

All gst-plugins-bad users should update to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/gst-plugins-bad-1.20.2"

All gst-plugins-good users should update to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/gst-plugins-good-1.20.2"

All gst-plugins-ugly users should update to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/gst-plugins-ugly-1.20.2"

All gst-plugins-base users should update to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/gst-plugins-base-1.20.2"

All gst-plugins-libav users should update to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-plugins/gst-plugins-libav-1.20.2"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202208-31.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

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