Ubuntu 24.10: USN-7174-1 critical: GStreamer DoS and code execution
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December 18, 2024
GStreamer could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Summary
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.10 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: GStreamer could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file. Software Description: - gstreamer1.0: GStreamer is a streaming media framework Details: Antonio Morales discovered that GStreamer incorrectly handled allocating memory for certain buffers. An attacker could use this issue to cause GStreamer to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update Instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.10 libgstreamer1.0-0 1.24.8-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libgstreamer1.0-0 1.24.2-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libgstreamer1.0-0 1.20.3-0ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libgstreamer1.0-0 1.16.3-0ubuntu1.2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7174-1
CVE-2024-47606
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Package Information
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gstreamer1.0/1.24.8-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gstreamer1.0/1.20.3-0ubuntu1.1
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