1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3926-1

USN-3926-1: GPAC vulnerabilities

Publication date

29 March 2019

Overview

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

Releases

Packages

  • 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.

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

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.10 cosmic 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
18.04 bionic 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
16.04 xenial 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

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