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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: USN-5555-1 Medium: GStreamer Code Execution Risks

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Calendar Grey August 8, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Numerous vulnerabilities identified in GStreamer Plugins Bad on Ubuntu, notably concerning potential arbitrary code execution threats. Ensure you update immediately!
Several security issues were fixed in GStreamer Plugins Good.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in GStreamer Plugins Good.

Software Description:

- gst-plugins-good1.0: GStreamer plugins

Details:

It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled certain files.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

(CVE-2022-1920, CVE-2022-1921)

It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled certain files.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or

execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1922, CVE-2022-1923, CVE-2022-1924,

CVE-2022-1925, CVE-2022-2122)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service medium severity arbitrary code execution Ubuntu GStreamer Issues

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good       1.16.3-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good       1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.3

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good       1.8.3-1ubuntu0.5+esm1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5555-1

CVE-2022-1920, CVE-2022-1921, CVE-2022-1922, CVE-2022-1923,

CVE-2022-1924, CVE-2022-1925, CVE-2022-2122

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August 08, 2022

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service medium severity arbitrary code execution Ubuntu GStreamer Issues

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-good1.0/1.16.3-0ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-good1.0/1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.3

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