Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-100231

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  script_id(365731);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/10/15");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-100231");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-100231");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.

  - A flaw was found in the GStreamer multimedia framework's ASF muxer plugin (asfmux). When writing string
    metadata tags containing Unicode characters outside the Basic Multilingual Plane (such as emoji) to an ASF
    container, the plugin incorrectly calculates the buffer size needed for the UTF-16LE representation. The
    size calculation assumes each Unicode code point requires 2 bytes, but non-BMP characters require 4 bytes
    (surrogate pairs). This leads to a heap out-of-bounds write when the actual UTF-16LE conversion is written
    into the undersized buffer. An attacker could exploit this by providing media with crafted metadata tags
    to an application that transcodes or remuxes to ASF format while preserving metadata, potentially causing
    a denial of service or limited memory corruption. (CVE-2026-100231)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"There is no known solution at this time.");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-100231");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_unpatched", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/10/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/10/14");

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  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl", "set_linux_os_id.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "global_settings/vendor_unpatched", "Host/OS/identifier");
  script_require_ports("Host/OS/CentOS Linux-7", "Host/OS/CentOS Linux-8", "Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-10", "Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-7", "Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-8", "Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-9");

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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-10": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "10",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-libs"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-9": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "9",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-libs"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "CentOS Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-gtk"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-gtk"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "CentOS Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');

var third_party_support = get_kb_item('Host/OS/extended-third-party');
if (!empty_or_null(third_party_support)) {
    var third_party_vendors = distro_constraints_values['third_party'];
    if (!empty_or_null(third_party_vendors)) {
        var vendor;
        foreach vendor (third_party_vendors) {
            if (vendor == third_party_support) exit(0, 'A third party management patch is available for this vulnerability from ' + vendor + '.\n');
        }
    }
}

var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}