USN-3958-1: GStreamer Base Plugins vulnerability
gst-plugins-base0.10, gst-plugins-base1.0 vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
GStreamer Base Plugins could be made to crash or run programs if it
received specially crafted network traffic.
Software Description
- gst-plugins-base1.0 – GStreamer plugins
- gst-plugins-base0.10 – GStreamer plugins
Details
It was discovered that GStreamer Base Plugins did not correctly handle
certain malformed RTSP streams. If a user were tricked into opening a
crafted RTSP stream with a GStreamer application, an attacker could cause a
denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-base – 1.14.4-1ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-base – 1.14.1-1ubuntu1~ubuntu18.04.2
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- gstreamer0.10-plugins-base – 0.10.36-2ubuntu0.2
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-base – 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.3
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-3958-1: GStreamer Base Plugins vulnerability
