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Ubuntu 24.10: 7176-1 critical: GStreamer Good Plugins Denial of Service

ubuntu
Calendar Grey December 18, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A vulnerability in GStreamer Good Plugins might lead to application crashes or arbitrary code execution through specially crafted files. Ensure you update promptly to maintain security.
GStreamer Good Plugins could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

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

if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- gst-plugins-good1.0: GStreamer plugins

Details:

Antonio Morales discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled

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

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

possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue arbitrary code execution Ubuntu GStreamer

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.10
   gstreamer1.0-gtk3               1.24.8-1ubuntu1.1
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-good       1.24.8-1ubuntu1.1
   gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio         1.24.8-1ubuntu1.1
   gstreamer1.0-qt5                1.24.8-1ubuntu1.1
   gstreamer1.0-qt6                1.24.8-1ubuntu1.1
   libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0  1.24.8-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   gstreamer1.0-gtk3               1.24.2-1ubuntu1.1
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-good       1.24.2-1ubuntu1.1
   gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio         1.24.2-1ubuntu1.1
   gstreamer1.0-qt5                1.24.2-1ubuntu1.1
   gstreamer1.0-qt6                1.24.2-1ubuntu1.1
   libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0  1.24.2-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   gstreamer1.0-gtk3               1.20.3-0ubuntu1.3
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-good       1.20.3-0ubuntu1.3
   gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio         1.20.3-0ubuntu1.3
   gstreamer1.0-qt5                1.20.3-0ubuntu1.3
   libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0  1.20.3-0ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   gstreamer1.0-gtk3               1.16.3-0ubuntu1.3
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-good       1.16.3-0ubuntu1.3
   gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio         1.16.3-0ubuntu1.3
   gstreamer1.0-qt5                1.16.3-0ubuntu1.3
   libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0  1.16.3-0ubuntu1.3

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7176-1

CVE-2024-47537, CVE-2024-47539, CVE-2024-47540, CVE-2024-47543,

CVE-2024-47544, CVE-2024-47545, CVE-2024-47546, CVE-2024-47596,

CVE-2024-47597, CVE-2024-47598, CVE-2024-47599, CVE-2024-47601,

CVE-2024-47602, CVE-2024-47603, CVE-2024-47606, CVE-2024-47613,

CVE-2024-47774, CVE-2024-47775, CVE-2024-47776, CVE-2024-47777,

CVE-2024-47778, CVE-2024-47834

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7176-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue arbitrary code execution Ubuntu GStreamer

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-good1.0/1.24.8-1ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-good1.0/1.20.3-0ubuntu1.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-good1.0/1.16.3-0ubuntu1.3

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