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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : GStreamer Base Plugins vulnerabilities (USN-7807-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 269716

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7807-1 advisory.

 Michael Randrianantenaina discovered that GStreamer Base Plugins did not correctly handle certain integer operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-37327, CVE-2024-4453)

 Michael Randrianantenaina discovered that GStreamer Base Plugins did not correctly handle certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-37328)

 Antonio Morales discovered that GStreamer Base Plugins did not correctly handle certain memory operations.
 An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-47538)

 Antonio Morales discovered that GStreamer Base Plugins did not correctly handle parsing certain inputs, which could lead to an out-of-bounds access vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-47541, CVE-2024-47615)

 Antonio Morales discovered that GStreamer Base Plugins did not correctly handle certain memory operations.
 An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-47542, CVE-2024-47607, CVE-2024-47835)

 Antonio Morales discovered that GStreamer Base Plugins did not correctly handle parsing certain inputs, which could lead to an out-of-bounds access vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
 (CVE-2024-47600)

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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-7807-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 269716

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7807-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/8/2025

Updated: 10/8/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-47615

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Threat Score: 7.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer1.0-plugins-base, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer1.0-alsa, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer1.0-gl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer1.0-x, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgstreamer-gl1.0-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-37327, CVE-2023-37328, CVE-2024-4453, CVE-2024-47538, CVE-2024-47541, CVE-2024-47542, CVE-2024-47600, CVE-2024-47607, CVE-2024-47615, CVE-2024-47835

USN: 7807-1