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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : GStreamer Good Plugins vulnerability (USN-7837-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 271836

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7837-1 advisory.

 Shaun Mirani discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled certain malformed media files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GStreamer Good Plugins to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or disclose sensitive information.

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-7837-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 271836

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7837-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/28/2025

Updated: 10/28/2025

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: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-47219

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer1.0-qt5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer1.0-gtk3, 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

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: 10/22/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-47219

USN: 7837-1