Important: gstreamer-plugins-base

Issue Overview:

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:

gstreamer-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 gstreamer-plugins-base to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.36-18.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
    gstreamer-plugins-base-debuginfo-0.10.36-18.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
    gstreamer-plugins-base-tools-0.10.36-18.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
    gstreamer-plugins-base-devel-0.10.36-18.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.36-18.amzn2.0.3.i686  
    gstreamer-plugins-base-debuginfo-0.10.36-18.amzn2.0.3.i686  
    gstreamer-plugins-base-tools-0.10.36-18.amzn2.0.3.i686  
    gstreamer-plugins-base-devel-0.10.36-18.amzn2.0.3.i686  
  
noarch:  
    gstreamer-plugins-base-devel-docs-0.10.36-18.amzn2.0.3.noarch  
  
src:  
    gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.36-18.amzn2.0.3.src  
  
x86_64:  
    gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.36-18.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    gstreamer-plugins-base-debuginfo-0.10.36-18.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    gstreamer-plugins-base-tools-0.10.36-18.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    gstreamer-plugins-base-devel-0.10.36-18.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2024-4453

Mitre: CVE-2024-4453