USN-4928-1: GStreamer Good Plugins vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 20.10
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• gst-plugins-good1.0 - GStreamer plugins

Details

It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause access sensitive information
or cause a crash. (CVE-2021-3497)

It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause
a crash. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu
20.10. (CVE-2021-3498)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.10

• gstreamer1.0-plugins-good - 1.18.0-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 20.04

• gstreamer1.0-plugins-good - 1.16.2-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• gstreamer1.0-plugins-good - 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.2

Ubuntu 16.04

• gstreamer1.0-plugins-good - 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.5

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

References

• CVE-2021-3498
• CVE-2021-3497