[USN-7175-1] GStreamer Base Plugins vulnerabilities

[Marc Deslauriers]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7175-1
December 18, 2024

gst-plugins-base1.0 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 24.10
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

GStreamer Base Plugins could be made to crash or run programs as your login
if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:
- gst-plugins-base1.0: GStreamer plugins

Details:

Antonio Morales discovered that GStreamer Base Plugins incorrectly handled
certain malformed media files. An attacker could use these issues to cause
GStreamer Base Plugins 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 24.10
   gstreamer1.0-alsa               1.24.8-1ubuntu0.1
   gstreamer1.0-gl                 1.24.8-1ubuntu0.1
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-base       1.24.8-1ubuntu0.1
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps  1.24.8-1ubuntu0.1
   gstreamer1.0-x                  1.24.8-1ubuntu0.1
   libgstreamer-gl1.0-0            1.24.8-1ubuntu0.1
   libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0  1.24.8-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   gstreamer1.0-alsa               1.24.2-1ubuntu0.2
   gstreamer1.0-gl                 1.24.2-1ubuntu0.2
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-base       1.24.2-1ubuntu0.2
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps  1.24.2-1ubuntu0.2
   gstreamer1.0-x                  1.24.2-1ubuntu0.2
   libgstreamer-gl1.0-0            1.24.2-1ubuntu0.2
   libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0  1.24.2-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   gstreamer1.0-alsa               1.20.1-1ubuntu0.4
   gstreamer1.0-gl                 1.20.1-1ubuntu0.4
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-base       1.20.1-1ubuntu0.4
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps  1.20.1-1ubuntu0.4
   gstreamer1.0-x                  1.20.1-1ubuntu0.4
   libgstreamer-gl1.0-0            1.20.1-1ubuntu0.4
   libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0  1.20.1-1ubuntu0.4

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   gstreamer1.0-alsa               1.16.3-0ubuntu1.4
   gstreamer1.0-gl                 1.16.3-0ubuntu1.4
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-base       1.16.3-0ubuntu1.4
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps  1.16.3-0ubuntu1.4
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-doc   1.16.3-0ubuntu1.4
   gstreamer1.0-x                  1.16.3-0ubuntu1.4
   libgstreamer-gl1.0-0            1.16.3-0ubuntu1.4
   libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0  1.16.3-0ubuntu1.4

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

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7175-1
   CVE-2024-47538, CVE-2024-47541, CVE-2024-47542, CVE-2024-47600,
   CVE-2024-47607, CVE-2024-47615, CVE-2024-47835

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-base1.0/1.24.8-1ubuntu0.1
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-base1.0/1.24.2-1ubuntu0.2
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-base1.0/1.20.1-1ubuntu0.4
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-base1.0/1.16.3-0ubuntu1.4

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