Issued:
2009-02-06
Updated:
2009-02-06

RHSA-2009:0271 - Important: gstreamer-plugins-good security update

Synopsis

Important: gstreamer-plugins-good security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

Updated gstreamer-plugins-good packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Description

GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. GStreamer Good Plug-ins is a collection of well-supported, GStreamer plug-ins of good quality released under the LGPL license.

Multiple heap buffer overflows and an array indexing error were found in the GStreamer's QuickTime media file format decoding plugin. An attacker could create a carefully-crafted QuickTime media .mov file that would cause an application using GStreamer to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code if played by a victim. (CVE-2009-0386, CVE-2009-0387, CVE-2009-0397)

All users of gstreamer-plugins-good are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. After installing the update, all applications using GStreamer (such as totem or rhythmbox) must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.3ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.3i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support5.3ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support5.3s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS5.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS5.3ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS5.3i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.9-1.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm
  • gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.9-1.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm
  • gstreamer-plugins-good-devel-0.10.9-1.el5_3.1.i386.rpm
  • gstreamer-plugins-good-devel-0.10.9-1.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm
  • gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.9-1.el5_3.1.i386.rpm
  • gstreamer-plugins-good-devel-0.10.9-1.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm
  • gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.9-1.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm
  • gstreamer-plugins-good-devel-0.10.9-1.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm
  • gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.9-1.el5_3.1.ppc64.rpm
  • gstreamer-plugins-good-devel-0.10.9-1.el5_3.1.ppc64.rpm
  • gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.9-1.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm
  • gstreamer-plugins-good-devel-0.10.9-1.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm
  • gstreamer-plugins-good-devel-0.10.9-1.el5_3.1.s390.rpm
  • gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.9-1.el5_3.1.src.rpm

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