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  2. USN-6269-1

USN-6269-1: GStreamer Good Plugins vulnerability

Publication date

2 August 2023

Overview

GStreamer Good Plugins could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled certain
FLAC image tags. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause GStreamer
Good Plugins to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-37327)

It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled certain
FLAC image tags. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause GStreamer
Good Plugins to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-37327)

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
23.04 lunar gstreamer1.0-plugins-good –  1.22.1-1ubuntu1.2
22.04 jammy gstreamer1.0-plugins-good –  1.20.3-0ubuntu1.1
20.04 focal gstreamer1.0-plugins-good –  1.16.3-0ubuntu1.2

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