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Ubuntu 16.10, 16.04 LTS USN-3245-1 Moderate: GStreamer Application Crash

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GStreamer Good Plugins could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3245-1
March 27, 2017

gst-plugins-good0.10, gst-plugins-good1.0 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 16.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

GStreamer Good Plugins could be made to crash if it opened a specially
crafted file.

Software Description:
- gst-plugins-good1.0: GStreamer plugins
- gst-plugins-good0.10: GStreamer plugins

Details:

Hanno Böck discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins did not correctly handle
certain malformed media files. If a user were tricked into opening a
crafted media file with a GStreamer application, an attacker could cause a
denial of service via application crash.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 16.10:
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good       1.8.3-1ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good       1.8.3-1ubuntu0.4

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  gstreamer0.10-plugins-good      0.10.31-3+nmu1ubuntu5.3
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good       1.2.4-1~ubuntu1.4

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  gstreamer0.10-plugins-good      0.10.31-1ubuntu1.5

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3245-1
  CVE-2016-10198, CVE-2016-10199, CVE-2017-5840, CVE-2017-5841,
  CVE-2017-5845

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-good1.0/1.8.3-1ubuntu1.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-good1.0/1.8.3-1ubuntu0.4
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-good0.10/0.10.31-3+nmu1ubuntu5.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-good1.0/1.2.4-1~ubuntu1.4
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-good0.10/0.10.31-1ubuntu1.5


Ubuntu 16.10, 16.04 LTS USN-3245-1 Moderate: GStreamer Application Crash

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Calendar Grey March 27, 2017
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GStreamer Bad Plugins vulnerabilities may lead to application failures on Ubuntu systems. Adhere to the update guidelines to mitigate potential threats.
GStreamer Good Plugins could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.10: gstreamer1.0-plugins-good 1.8.3-1ubuntu1.3 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: gstreamer1.0-plugins-good 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.4 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 0.10.31-3+nmu1ubuntu5.3 gstreamer1.0-plugins-good 1.2.4-1~ubuntu1.4 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 0.10.31-1ubuntu1.5 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3245-1

CVE-2016-10198, CVE-2016-10199, CVE-2017-5840, CVE-2017-5841,

CVE-2017-5845

March 27, 2017

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-good1.0/1.8.3-1ubuntu1.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-good1.0/1.8.3-1ubuntu0.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-good0.10/0.10.31-3+nmu1ubuntu5.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-good1.0/1.2.4-1~ubuntu1.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-good0.10/0.10.31-1ubuntu1.5

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