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Alert on Ubuntu 25.10 GStreamer Good Plugins Security Issues USN-8131-1

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Calendar Grey March 30, 2026
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Several security issues fixed in GStreamer Good Plugins on Ubuntu aimed at preventing Denial of Service.
Several security issues were fixed in GStreamer Good Plugins.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in GStreamer Good Plugins.

Software Description:

- gst-plugins-good1.0: GStreamer plugins

Details:

It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled certain

X-QDM RTP payloads. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause

GStreamer Good Plugins to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or

possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update critical Ubuntu GStreamer

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 25.10
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good       1.26.5-1ubuntu2.1
  libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0  1.26.5-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good       1.24.2-1ubuntu1.3
  libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0  1.24.2-1ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good       1.20.3-0ubuntu1.5
  libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0  1.20.3-0ubuntu1.5

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8131-1

CVE-2026-3083, CVE-2026-3085

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8131-1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update critical Ubuntu GStreamer

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-good1.0/1.26.5-1ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-good1.0/1.24.2-1ubuntu1.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-good1.0/1.20.3-0ubuntu1.5

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