Ubuntu alert USN-4959-1 (gst-plugins-base1.0)

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"Leonidas S. Barbosa" <leo.barbosa@canonical.com>
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ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
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[USN-4959-1] GStreamer Base Plugins vulnerability
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Tue, 18 May 2021 13:12:38 -0300
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<20210518161238.GA502381@d4rkl41n>
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4959-1
May 18, 2021

gst-plugins-base1.0 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 20.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Summary:

GStreamer Base Plugins could be made to expose sensitive information if it received
a specially crafted input.

Software Description:
- gst-plugins-base1.0: GStreamer plugins

Details:

It was discovered that GStreamer Base Plugins incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 20.10:
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base       1.18.0-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base       1.16.2-4ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base       1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.3

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base       1.8.3-1ubuntu0.3+esm1

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4959-1
  CVE-2021-3522

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-base1.0/...
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-base1.0/...
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-base1.0/...
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