Low: GStreamer, libmad, and SDL security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-7263   CVE-2018-7263   CVE-2018-7263  

Synopsis

Low: GStreamer, libmad, and SDL security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Low

Topic

An update for GStreamer, libmad, and SDL is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The GStreamer library provides a streaming media framework based on graphs of media data filters.

The libmad package is an MPEG audio decoder capable of 24-bit output.

Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide fast access to the graphics frame buffer and audio device.

Security Fix(es):

  • libmad: Double-free in the mad_decoder_run() function (CVE-2018-7263)

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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 8 aarch64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 8 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 1488585 - rebuild sdl with Wayland support
  • BZ - 1547504 - CVE-2018-7263 libmad: Double-free in the mad_decoder_run() function
  • BZ - 1693292 - Make ORC generate code that is Intel CET / Intel IBT friendly
  • BZ - 1724677 - [RHEL-8.0/gstreamer1] Remove setuid permission from /usr/libexec/gstreamer-1.0/gst-ptp-helper
  • BZ - 1751780 - [Rebase] Rebase to SDL2 to 2.0.10
  • BZ - 1756299 - [Rebase] Rebase gstreamer1 to 1.16.1

CVEs

References