RHEL 8 : gstreamer1-plugins-base (RHSA-2024:11142)

high Nessus Plugin ID 213112

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for gstreamer1-plugins-base.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:11142 advisory.

GStreamer is a streaming media framework based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. The gstreamer1-plugins-base packages contain a collection of well-maintained base plug-ins.

Security Fix(es):

* gstreamer1-plugins-base: GStreamer has a stack-buffer overflow in vorbis_handle_identification_packet (CVE-2024-47538)

* gstreamer1-plugins-base: out-of-bounds write in Ogg demuxer (CVE-2024-47615)

* gstreamer1-plugins-base: stack-buffer overflow in gst_opus_dec_parse_header (CVE-2024-47607)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL gstreamer1-plugins-base package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:11142.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 213112

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-11142.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 12/18/2024

Updated: 5/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-47615

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Threat Score: 6.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gstreamer1-plugins-base, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/16/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-47538, CVE-2024-47607, CVE-2024-47615

CWE: 121, 787

IAVA: 2024-A-0832-S

RHSA: 2024:11142

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