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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: USN-3958-1 Moderate: GStreamer Base Plugins Crash

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GStreamer Base Plugins could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3958-1
April 29, 2019

gst-plugins-base0.10, gst-plugins-base1.0 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

GStreamer Base Plugins could be made to crash or run programs if it
received specially crafted network traffic.

Software Description:
- gst-plugins-base1.0: GStreamer plugins
- gst-plugins-base0.10: GStreamer plugins

Details:

It was discovered that GStreamer Base Plugins did not correctly handle
certain malformed RTSP streams. If a user were tricked into opening a
crafted RTSP stream with a GStreamer application, an attacker could cause a
denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 18.10:
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base       1.14.4-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base       1.14.1-1ubuntu1~ubuntu18.04.2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  gstreamer0.10-plugins-base      0.10.36-2ubuntu0.2
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base       1.8.3-1ubuntu0.3

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

References:
    CVE-2019-9928

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-base1.0/1.14.4-1ubuntu1.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-base1.0/1.14.1-1ubuntu1~ubuntu18.04.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-base0.10/0.10.36-2ubuntu0.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-base1.0/1.8.3-1ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: USN-3958-1 Moderate: GStreamer Base Plugins Crash

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Calendar Grey April 29, 2019
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3958-1 addresses a GStreamer vulnerability that could enable arbitrary code execution. Users are urged to update.
GStreamer Base Plugins could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.10: gstreamer1.0-plugins-base 1.14.4-1ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: gstreamer1.0-plugins-base 1.14.1-1ubuntu1~ubuntu18.04.2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: gstreamer0.10-plugins-base 0.10.36-2ubuntu0.2 gstreamer1.0-plugins-base 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.3 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2019-9928

April 29, 2019

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-base1.0/1.14.4-1ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-base1.0/1.14.1-1ubuntu1~ubuntu18.04.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-base0.10/0.10.36-2ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-base1.0/1.8.3-1ubuntu0.3

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