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Ubuntu 23.10 USN-6526-1 critical: GStreamer DoS vulnerabilities

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Calendar Grey November 29, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ensure your Ubuntu installations are reviewed and upgraded to mitigate security risks associated with the GStreamer Bad Plugins, vital for maintaining system robustness and data protection.
Several security issues were fixed in GStreamer Bad Plugins.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 23.10 - Ubuntu 23.04 - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in GStreamer Bad Plugins. Software Description: - gst-plugins-bad1.0: GStreamer plugins Details: It was discovered that GStreamer Bad Plugins incorrectly handled certain media files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause GStreamer Bad Plugins to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical Ubuntu Denial of Service GStreamer plugin issues

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.10: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad 1.22.4-1ubuntu1.1 libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 1.22.4-1ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 23.04: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad 1.22.1-1ubuntu1.1 libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 1.22.1-1ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad 1.20.3-0ubuntu1.1 libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 1.20.3-0ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad 1.16.3-0ubuntu1.1 libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 1.16.3-0ubuntu1.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6526-1

CVE-2023-37329, CVE-2023-40474, CVE-2023-40475, CVE-2023-40476,

CVE-2023-44429, CVE-2023-44446

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6526-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical Ubuntu Denial of Service GStreamer plugin issues

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-bad1.0/1.22.4-1ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-bad1.0/1.22.1-1ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-bad1.0/1.20.3-0ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-bad1.0/1.16.3-0ubuntu1.1

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