USN-3244-1: GStreamer Base Plugins vulnerabilities

USN-3244-1: GStreamer Base Plugins vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3244-1

27th March, 2017

gst-plugins-base0.10, gst-plugins-base1.0 vulnerabilities

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 Base Plugins could be made to crash if it opened a specially
crafted file.

Software description

• gst-plugins-base0.10
  – GStreamer Plugins

• gst-plugins-base1.0
  – GStreamer Plugins

Details

Hanno Böck discovered that GStreamer Base Plugins did not correctly handle
certain malformed media files. If a user were tricked into opening a
crafted media file with a GStreamer application, an attacker could cause a
denial of service via application crash.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.10:

gstreamer1.0-plugins-base

1.8.3-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:

gstreamer1.0-plugins-base

1.8.3-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

gstreamer1.0-plugins-base

1.2.4-1~ubuntu2.1

gstreamer0.10-plugins-base

0.10.36-1.1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

gstreamer0.10-plugins-base

0.10.36-1ubuntu0.2

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

CVE-2016-9811,

CVE-2017-5837,

CVE-2017-5839,

CVE-2017-5842,

CVE-2017-5844

Source: USN-3244-1: GStreamer Base Plugins vulnerabilities