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Ubuntu 18.10, 18.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS USN-3926-1 Critical GPAC Issues

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Calendar Grey March 29, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Uncover significant GPAC weaknesses in Ubuntu that may result in system failures or allow unauthorized code to run.
GPAC could be made to crash or run programs as your login if itopened a specially crafted file.

Summary

GPAC could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it

opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- gpac: GPAC Project on Advanced Content

Details:

It was discovered that the GPAC MP4Box utility incorrectly handled certain

memory operations. If an user or automated system were tricked into opening a

specially crafted MP4 file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause

MP4Box to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute

arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu gpac

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.10:
  gpac                            0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-4ubuntu0.1
  gpac-modules-base               0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-4ubuntu0.1
  libgpac4                        0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-4ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  gpac                            0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-3ubuntu0.1
  gpac-modules-base               0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-3ubuntu0.1
  libgpac4                        0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-3ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  gpac                            0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-1ubuntu0.1
  gpac-modules-base               0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-1ubuntu0.1
  libgpac4                        0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-1ubuntu0.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3926-1

CVE-2018-1000100, CVE-2018-13005, CVE-2018-13006, CVE-2018-20760,

CVE-2018-20761, CVE-2018-20762, CVE-2018-20763, CVE-2018-7752

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March 29, 2019

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu gpac

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gpac/0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-4ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gpac/0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-3ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gpac/0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-1ubuntu0.1

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