Red Hat Security Advisory: gstreamer1-plugins-base security update
GStreamer is a streaming media framework based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. The gstreamer1-plugins-base packages contain a collection of well-maintained base plug-ins. Security Fix(es): * gstreamer1-plugins-base: gstreamer: NULL/invalid-pointer dereference in gst_rtsp_message_parse_auth_credentials() when parsing a crafted Digest Authorization/WWW-Authenticate header (CVE-2026-85150) 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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability CVE-2026-85150 affects the gstreamer1-plugins-base package, specifically in the gst_rtsp_message_parse_auth_credentials() function. When parsing a specially crafted Digest Authorization or WWW-Authenticate header, the function may dereference a NULL or invalid pointer, causing a crash or denial of service. This issue is rated as moderate severity by Red Hat Product Security. The affected products include various architectures of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat has released an update (1.16.1-7.el8_10) that fixes this issue.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability could cause the affected application or service using the gstreamer1-plugins-base package to crash or become unavailable due to a NULL pointer dereference. There is no indication of code execution or privilege escalation. The impact is primarily denial of service.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for gstreamer1-plugins-base in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 to fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:67145 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the official patch.
Red Hat Security Advisory: gstreamer1-plugins-base security update
Description
GStreamer is a streaming media framework based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. The gstreamer1-plugins-base packages contain a collection of well-maintained base plug-ins. Security Fix(es): * gstreamer1-plugins-base: gstreamer: NULL/invalid-pointer dereference in gst_rtsp_message_parse_auth_credentials() when parsing a crafted Digest Authorization/WWW-Authenticate header (CVE-2026-85150) 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.
Affected software
Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2026-85150 affects the gstreamer1-plugins-base package, specifically in the gst_rtsp_message_parse_auth_credentials() function. When parsing a specially crafted Digest Authorization or WWW-Authenticate header, the function may dereference a NULL or invalid pointer, causing a crash or denial of service. This issue is rated as moderate severity by Red Hat Product Security. The affected products include various architectures of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat has released an update (1.16.1-7.el8_10) that fixes this issue.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability could cause the affected application or service using the gstreamer1-plugins-base package to crash or become unavailable due to a NULL pointer dereference. There is no indication of code execution or privilege escalation. The impact is primarily denial of service.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for gstreamer1-plugins-base in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 to fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:67145 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the official patch.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:67145
- Cve Count
- 1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6aa8a16c55bf5e2cf5f3b86c
Added to database: 09/15/2026, 01:37:48 UTC
Last enriched: 09/15/2026, 01:43:34 UTC
Last updated: 09/15/2026, 01:45:45 UTC
Views: 3
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