Critical GStreamer Bad Plugins Vulnerabilities in Ubuntu Systems
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.
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
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