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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : GStreamer Bad Plugins vulnerabilities (USN-8205-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 310734

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-8205-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that multiple plugins in GStreamer contained arithmetic overflows. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using the plugins to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-37329, CVE-2023-40474, CVE-2023-40475, CVE-2023-40476)

 It was discovered that the MXF demuxer plugin in GStreamer did not properly manage memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using the plugin to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-44446)

 It was discovered that the H265 codec plugin in GStreamer could be made to write out of bounds. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using the plugin to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-3887)

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-8205-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 310734

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8205-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/28/2026

Updated: 4/28/2026

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: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-44446

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-gst-plugins-bad-1.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer1.0-opencv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgstreamer-opencv1.0-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer1.0-hybris, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-faad, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-videoparsers

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-37329, CVE-2023-40474, CVE-2023-40475, CVE-2023-40476, CVE-2023-44446, CVE-2025-3887

USN: 8205-1