1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-736-1

USN-736-1: GStreamer Good Plugins vulnerabilities

Publication date

16 March 2009

Overview

GStreamer Good Plugins vulnerabilities

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins did not correctly handle
malformed Composition Time To Sample (ctts) atom data in Quicktime (mov)
movie files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted mov file, an
attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
invoking the program. (CVE-2009-0386)

It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins did not correctly handle
malformed Sync Sample (aka stss) atom data in Quicktime (mov) movie files.
If a user were tricked into opening a crafted mov file, an attacker could
cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2009-0387)

It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins did not correctly handle
malformed Time-to-sample (aka stts) atom data in Quicktime (mov) movie
files. If a user...

It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins did not correctly handle
malformed Composition Time To Sample (ctts) atom data in Quicktime (mov)
movie files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted mov file, an
attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
invoking the program. (CVE-2009-0386)

It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins did not correctly handle
malformed Sync Sample (aka stss) atom data in Quicktime (mov) movie files.
If a user were tricked into opening a crafted mov file, an attacker could
cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2009-0387)

It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins did not correctly handle
malformed Time-to-sample (aka stts) atom data in Quicktime (mov) movie
files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted mov file, an attacker
could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the
program. (CVE-2009-0397)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect 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
8.10 intrepid gstreamer0.10-plugins-good –  0.10.10.4-1ubuntu1.1
8.04 hardy gstreamer0.10-plugins-good –  0.10.7-3ubuntu0.2
7.10 gutsy gstreamer0.10-plugins-good –  0.10.6-0ubuntu4.2

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