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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63320
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0270
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory RHSA-2009:0270.;;The gstreamer-plugins package contains plugins used by the GStreamer;streaming-media framework to support a wide variety of media types.;;A heap buffer overflow was found in the GStreamer's QuickTime media file;format decoding plug-in. An attacker could create a carefully-crafted;QuickTime media .mov file that would cause an application using GStreamer;to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code if played by a victim.;(CVE-2009-0397);;All users of gstreamer-plugins are advised to upgrade to these updated;packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After;installing the update, all applications using GStreamer (such as rhythmbox);must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2009:0270.

The gstreamer-plugins package contains plugins used by the GStreamer
streaming-media framework to support a wide variety of media types.

A heap buffer overflow was found in the GStreamer's QuickTime media file
format decoding plug-in. An attacker could create a carefully-crafted
QuickTime media .mov file that would cause an application using GStreamer
to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code if played by a victim.
(CVE-2009-0397)

All users of gstreamer-plugins are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After
installing the update, all applications using GStreamer (such as rhythmbox)
must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

Solution:
Please note that this update is available via
Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red
Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date

CVSS Score:
9.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-0397
BugTraq ID: 33405
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33405
Bugtraq: 20090122 [TKADV2009-003] GStreamer Heap Overflow and Array Index out of Bounds Vulnerabilities (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500317/100/0/threaded
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-11.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:035
http://trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2009-003.txt
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/29/3
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9942
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0270.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0271.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33650
http://secunia.com/advisories/33815
http://secunia.com/advisories/33830
http://secunia.com/advisories/34336
http://secunia.com/advisories/35777
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2009:005 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-736-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0225
XForce ISS Database: gstreamer-qtdemuxparse-bo(48555)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48555
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