1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-7175-1

USN-7175-1: GStreamer Base Plugins vulnerabilities

Publication date

18 December 2024

Overview

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

Releases

Packages

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.

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

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
24.10 oracular 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
24.04 noble 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
22.04 jammy 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
20.04 focal 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

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