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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.871732
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Update for gstreamer-plugins-bad-free RHSA-2016:2974-01
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'gstreamer-plugins-bad-free'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'gstreamer-plugins-bad-free'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
GStreamer is a streaming media framework
based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. The
gstreamer-plugins-bad-free package contains a collection of plug-ins for GStreamer.

Security Fix(es):

* An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was
found in GStreamer's VMware VMnc video file format decoding plug-in. A
remote attacker could use this flaw to cause an application using GStreamer
to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
user running the application. (CVE-2016-9445)

* A memory corruption flaw was found in GStreamer's Nintendo NSF music file
format decoding plug-in. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause an
application using GStreamer to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary
code with the privileges of the user running the application.
(CVE-2016-9447)

Note: This updates removes the vulnerable Nintendo NSF plug-in.

Affected Software/OS:
gstreamer-plugins-bad-free on
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6),
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6),
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)

Solution:
Please Install the Updated Packages.

CVSS Score:
6.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-9445
BugTraq ID: 94421
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94421
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.de/2016/11/0day-poc-risky-design-decisions-in.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/12
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/13
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:2974
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2974.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:0018
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0018.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:0021
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0021.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-9447
BugTraq ID: 94427
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94427
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.de/2016/11/0day-exploit-compromising-linux-desktop.html
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG

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