USN-3135-1: GStreamer Good Plugins vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3135-1
22nd November, 2016
gst-plugins-good0.10, gst-plugins-good1.0 vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
GStreamer could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.
Software description
- gst-plugins-good0.10
– GStreamer plugins - gst-plugins-good1.0
– GStreamer plugins
Details
Chris Evans discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins did not correctly handle
malformed FLC movie files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted
FLC movie file with a GStreamer application, an attacker could cause a
denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user invoking the program.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 16.10:
-
gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
1.8.3-1ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
-
gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
1.8.2-1ubuntu0.2
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
0.10.31-3+nmu1ubuntu5.1
-
gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
1.2.4-1~ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
0.10.31-1ubuntu1.3
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-3135-1: GStreamer Good Plugins vulnerability
