CVE-2023-37327

Publication date 31 July 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

GStreamer FLAC File Parsing Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GStreamer. Interaction with this library is required to exploit this vulnerability but attack vectors may vary depending on the implementation. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of FLAC audio files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in an integer overflow before allocating a buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-20775.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gst-plugins-base0.10 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
gst-plugins-base1.0 24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Fixed 1.22.1-1ubuntu1.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1.20.1-1ubuntu0.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1.16.3-0ubuntu1.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
gst-plugins-good0.10 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
gst-plugins-good1.0 24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Fixed 1.22.1-1ubuntu1.2
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1.20.3-0ubuntu1.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1.16.3-0ubuntu1.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support

Notes

mdeslaur

Two patches are required to fix this CVE. Main patch is in the "good" package, and second patch is in the "base" package.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
gst-plugins-base1.0
gst-plugins-good1.0

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-6268-1
    • GStreamer Base Plugins vulnerabilities
    • 2 August 2023
    • USN-6269-1
    • GStreamer Good Plugins vulnerability
    • 2 August 2023

Other references