Ubuntu 24.10 Advisory USN-7175-1 critical: GStreamer plugin crash

ubuntu

December 18, 2024

GStreamer Base Plugins could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

GStreamer Base Plugins could be made to crash or run programs as your login

if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- gst-plugins-base1.0: GStreamer plugins

Details:

Antonio Morales discovered that GStreamer Base Plugins incorrectly handled

certain malformed media files. An attacker could use these issues to cause

GStreamer Base Plugins to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or

possibly execute arbitrary code.

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu GStreamer plugin crash

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.10
   gstreamer1.0-alsa               1.24.8-1ubuntu0.1
   gstreamer1.0-gl                 1.24.8-1ubuntu0.1
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-base       1.24.8-1ubuntu0.1
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps  1.24.8-1ubuntu0.1
   gstreamer1.0-x                  1.24.8-1ubuntu0.1
   libgstreamer-gl1.0-0            1.24.8-1ubuntu0.1
   libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0  1.24.8-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   gstreamer1.0-alsa               1.24.2-1ubuntu0.2
   gstreamer1.0-gl                 1.24.2-1ubuntu0.2
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-base       1.24.2-1ubuntu0.2
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps  1.24.2-1ubuntu0.2
   gstreamer1.0-x                  1.24.2-1ubuntu0.2
   libgstreamer-gl1.0-0            1.24.2-1ubuntu0.2
   libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0  1.24.2-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   gstreamer1.0-alsa               1.20.1-1ubuntu0.4
   gstreamer1.0-gl                 1.20.1-1ubuntu0.4
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-base       1.20.1-1ubuntu0.4
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps  1.20.1-1ubuntu0.4
   gstreamer1.0-x                  1.20.1-1ubuntu0.4
   libgstreamer-gl1.0-0            1.20.1-1ubuntu0.4
   libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0  1.20.1-1ubuntu0.4

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   gstreamer1.0-alsa               1.16.3-0ubuntu1.4
   gstreamer1.0-gl                 1.16.3-0ubuntu1.4
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-base       1.16.3-0ubuntu1.4
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps  1.16.3-0ubuntu1.4
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-doc   1.16.3-0ubuntu1.4
   gstreamer1.0-x                  1.16.3-0ubuntu1.4
   libgstreamer-gl1.0-0            1.16.3-0ubuntu1.4
   libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0  1.16.3-0ubuntu1.4

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