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security advisorydenial of servicecriticalUbuntu 18.04 LTS Advisory USN-8205-1 GStreamer Bad Plugins Risky DoS Issue
Several security issues were fixed in GStreamer Bad Plugins.. ========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8205-1 April 23, 2026 gst-plugins-bad1.0 vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in GStreamer Bad Plugins. Software Description: - gst-plugins-bad1.0: GStreamer plugins Details: It was discovered that multiple plugins in GStreamer contained arithmetic overflows. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using the plugins to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-37329, CVE-2023-40474, CVE-2023-40475, CVE-2023-40476) It was discovered that the MXF demuxer plugin in GStreamer did not properly manage memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using the plugin to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-44446) It was discovered that the H265 codec plugin in GStreamer could be made to write out of bounds. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using the plugin to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-3887) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ingeneral, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8205-1 CVE-2023-37329, CVE-2023-40474, CVE-2023-40475, CVE-2023-40476, CVE-2023-44446, CVE-2025-3887 . Multiple security issues in GStreamer Bad Plugins for Ubuntu requiring urgent updates to prevent exploitation.. GStreamer Bad Plugins, Ubuntu Security, Critical Updates, Denial of Service, Exploit Prevention. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 24, 2026
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security advisorydenial of servicecriticalDebian Bullseye DSA-5204-1 Critical: Gstreamer Plugin Security Exploits
Adam Doupe discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the Gstreamer plugins to demux Mastroska and AVI files which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5204-1
Aug 09, 2022
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security advisorydenial of servicecriticalUbuntu 8.04 LTS USN-930-2 Critical: Firefox and Xulrunner Issues
USN-930-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox and Xulrunner. This update provides updated packages for use with Firefox 3.6 and Xulrunner 1.9.2 on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.. ==========================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-930-2 June 29, 2010 apturl, epiphany-browser, gecko-sharp, gnome-python-extras, liferea, rhythmbox, totem, ubufox, yelp update https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/epiphany-browser/+bug/599954 ========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: apturl 0.2.2ubuntu1.1 epiphany-gecko 2.22.2-0ubuntu0.8.04.7 libgecko2.0-cil 0.11-3ubuntu4.8.04.1 liferea 1.4.14-0ubuntu4.1 python-gnome2-extras 2.19.1-0ubuntu7.2 rhythmbox 0.11.5-0ubuntu8.8.04.2 totem-mozilla 2.22.1-0ubuntu3.8.04.6 ubufox 0.9~rc2-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 yelp 2.22.1-0ubuntu2.8.04.4 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart any applications that use Xulrunner to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: USN-930-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox and Xulrunner. This update provides updated packages for use with Firefox 3.6 and Xulrunner 1.9.2 on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. Original advisory details: If was discovered that Firefox could be made to access freed memory. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious site, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. (CVE-2010-1121) Several flaws were discovered in the browser engine ofFirefox. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious site, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2010-1200, CVE-2010-1201, CVE-2010-1202, CVE-2010-1203) A flaw was discovered in the way plugin instances interacted. An attacker could potentially exploit this and use one plugin to access freed memory from a second plugin to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2010-1198) An integer overflow was discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious site, an attacker could overflow a buffer and cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2010-1196) Martin Barbella discovered an integer overflow in an XSLT node sorting routine. An attacker could exploit this to overflow a buffer and cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2010-1199) Michal Zalewski discovered that the focus behavior of Firefox could be subverted. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious site, a remote attacker could use this to capture keystrokes. (CVE-2010-1125) Ilja van Sprundel discovered that the 'Content-Disposition: attachment' HTTP header was ignored when 'Content-Type: multipart' was also present. Under certain circumstances, this could potentially lead to cross-site scripting attacks. (CVE-2010-1197) Amit Klein discovered that Firefox did not seed its random number generator often enough. An attacker could exploit this to identify and track users across different web sites. 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A critical update for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS resolves several vulnerabilities found in Firefox, Xulrunner, and other associated applications in response to USN-930-1.. Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, Firefox security update, USN-930-2, plugin exploit, system upgrade. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 29, 2010
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Ubuntu
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