Ubuntu Security Notice USN-736-1
16th March, 2009
gst-plugins-good0.10 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 8.10
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 7.10
Software description
- gst-plugins-good0.10
Details
It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins did not correctly handle
malformed Composition Time To Sample (ctts) atom data in Quicktime (mov)
movie files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted mov file, an
attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
invoking the program. (CVE-2009-0386)
It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins did not correctly handle
malformed Sync Sample (aka stss) atom data in Quicktime (mov) movie files.
If a user were tricked into opening a crafted mov file, an attacker could
cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2009-0387)
It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins did not correctly handle
malformed Time-to-sample (aka stts) atom data in Quicktime (mov) movie
files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted mov file, an attacker
could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the
program. (CVE-2009-0397)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 8.10:
- gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 0.10.10.4-1ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
- gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 0.10.7-3ubuntu0.2
- Ubuntu 7.10:
- gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 0.10.6-0ubuntu4.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.