USN-6798-1: GStreamer Base Plugins vulnerability

29 May 2024

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

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Details

It was discovered that GStreamer Base Plugins incorrectly handled certain
EXIF metadata. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary
code or cause a crash.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 23.10
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04

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

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