[USN-3244-1] GStreamer Base Plugins vulnerabilities

[Marc Deslauriers]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3244-1
March 27, 2017

gst-plugins-base0.10, gst-plugins-base1.0 vulnerabilities
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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-base1.0: GStreamer Plugins
- gst-plugins-base0.10: 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 versions:

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:
  gstreamer0.10-plugins-base      0.10.36-1.1ubuntu2.1
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base       1.2.4-1~ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  gstreamer0.10-plugins-base      0.10.36-1ubuntu0.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3244-1
  CVE-2016-9811, CVE-2017-5837, CVE-2017-5839, CVE-2017-5842,
  CVE-2017-5844

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-base1.0/1.8.3-1ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-base1.0/1.8.3-1ubuntu0.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-base0.10/0.10.36-1.1ubuntu2.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-base1.0/1.2.4-1~ubuntu2.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-base0.10/0.10.36-1ubuntu0.2


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