Back Linuxsecurity Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Advisory USN-8205
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in GStreamer Bad Plugins. Software Description: - gst-plugins-bad1.0: GStreamer plugins Details: It was discovered that multiple plugins in GStreamer contained arithmetic overflows. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using the plugins to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-37329, CVE-2023-40474, CVE-2023-40475, CVE-2023-40476) It was discovered that the MXF demuxer plugin in GStreamer did not properly manage memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using the plugin to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-44446) It was discovered that the H265 codec plugin in GStreamer could be made to write out of bounds. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in GStreamer Bad Plugins. Software Description: - gst-plugins-bad1.0: GStreamer plugins Details: It was discovered that multiple plugins in GStreamer contained arithmetic overflows. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using the plugins to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-37329, CVE-2023-40474, CVE-2023-40475, CVE-2023-40476) It was discovered that the MXF demuxer plugin in GStreamer did not properly manage memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using the plugin to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-44446) It was discovered that the H265 codec plugin in GStreamer could be made to write out of bounds. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
CVE-2023-37329, CVE-2023-40474, CVE-2023-40475, CVE-2023-40476, CVE-2023-44446, CVE-2025-3887
CVE-2023-37329, CVE-2023-40474, CVE-2023-40475, CVE-2023-40476,
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