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High ALAS2-2024-2592 1 CVE

Important: gstreamer1-plugins-base security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Jul 18, 2024 · Updated Jul 22, 2024

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-4453: GStreamer EXIF Metadata Parsing Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GStreamer. Interaction with this library is required to exploit this vulnerability but attack vectors may vary depending on the implementation. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of EXIF metadata. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in an integer overflow before allocating a buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. . Was ZDI-CAN-23896.

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 gstreamer1-plugins-base 0:1.18.4-5.amzn2.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2 gstreamer1-plugins-base-debuginfo 0:1.18.4-5.amzn2.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2 gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel 0:1.18.4-5.amzn2.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2 gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools 0:1.18.4-5.amzn2.0.4

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.8

    GStreamer EXIF Metadata Parsing Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    GStreamer EXIF Metadata Parsing Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GStreamer. Interaction with this library is required to exploit this vulner…

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-4453.html