USN-3926-1: GPAC vulnerabilities
gpac vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
GPAC could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.
Software Description
- gpac – GPAC Project on Advanced Content
Details
It was discovered that the GPAC MP4Box utility incorrectly handled certain
memory operations. If an user or automated system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted MP4 file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause
MP4Box 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 18.10
- gpac – 0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-4ubuntu0.1
- gpac-modules-base – 0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-4ubuntu0.1
- libgpac4 – 0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-4ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- gpac – 0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-3ubuntu0.1
- gpac-modules-base – 0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-3ubuntu0.1
- libgpac4 – 0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-3ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- gpac – 0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-1ubuntu0.1
- gpac-modules-base – 0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-1ubuntu0.1
- libgpac4 – 0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-1ubuntu0.1
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-2018-1000100
- CVE-2018-13005
- CVE-2018-13006
- CVE-2018-20760
- CVE-2018-20761
- CVE-2018-20762
- CVE-2018-20763
- CVE-2018-7752
Source: USN-3926-1: GPAC vulnerabilities
