Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : GStreamer Good Plugins vulnerability (USN-3135-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 95285

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3135-1 advisory.

Chris Evans discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins did not correctly handle malformed FLC movie files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted FLC movie file with a GStreamer application, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3135-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 95285

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3135-1.nasl

Version: 3.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/23/2016

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer0.10-plugins-good, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer0.10-gconf, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer1.0-plugins-good, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/22/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/22/2016

Reference Information

USN: 3135-1