USN-6291-1: GStreamer vulnerability

16 August 2023

GStreamer could be made to denial of service if it received a specially crafted datetime string.

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Releases

Packages

  • gstreamer1.0 - GObject introspection data for the GStreamer library

Details

Hanno Bock discovered that GStreamer incorrecly handled certain datetime
strings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service or expose sensitive information.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04

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

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