Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2592
Advisory Release Date: 2024-07-18 02:00 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-07-22 13:50 Pacific
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. (CVE-2024-4453)
Affected Packages:
gstreamer1-plugins-base
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update gstreamer1-plugins-base to update your system.
aarch64:
gstreamer1-plugins-base-1.18.4-5.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools-1.18.4-5.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-1.18.4-5.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
gstreamer1-plugins-base-debuginfo-1.18.4-5.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
i686:
gstreamer1-plugins-base-1.18.4-5.amzn2.0.4.i686
gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools-1.18.4-5.amzn2.0.4.i686
gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-1.18.4-5.amzn2.0.4.i686
gstreamer1-plugins-base-debuginfo-1.18.4-5.amzn2.0.4.i686
src:
gstreamer1-plugins-base-1.18.4-5.amzn2.0.4.src
x86_64:
gstreamer1-plugins-base-1.18.4-5.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools-1.18.4-5.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-1.18.4-5.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
gstreamer1-plugins-base-debuginfo-1.18.4-5.amzn2.0.4.x86_64