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Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 07:31:29 -0500
From: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>
To: "oss-security@...ts.openwall.com" <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: Re: CVE Request: gstreamer plugins
Another exploit chain here:
https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.de/2016/11/0day-exploit-advancing-exploitation.html
Alex
On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 5:59 AM, Hanno Böck <hanno@...eck.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> On Fri, 18 Nov 2016 17:31:19 +0100
> Marcus Meissner <meissner@...e.de> wrote:
>
> > 1. Bufferoverflow in VMNC decoder in gstreamer plugins:
> > https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.de/2016/11/0day-poc-
> risky-design-decisions-in.html
>
> I wanted to point out that while it's good the buffer overflow gets
> fixed, that's by far not the major issue here.
>
> This is a very problematic design decision with the functionality of
> tracker/GNOME that exposes all files on a system to who knows how many
> decoders of probably overall very low quality.
> Almost certainly there are countless other vulnerabilities of similar
> kind in all kinds of gstreamer codecs. (and I haven't checked, but I
> assume tracker also exposes other files to other equally problematic
> decoders)
>
> I think this is kinda a symptom of two goals clashing: We have projects
> like gstreamer that attempt to parse every file format ever seen in
> their are - which of course has some value, especially in terms of
> preserving digital culture. But on the other hand exposing this code to
> untrusted inputs is a security disaster.
>
> I'm wondering if there is any statement or reaction from either gnome
> or fedora on this.
>
> --
> Hanno Böck
> https://hboeck.de/
>
> mail/jabber: hanno@...eck.de
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>
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