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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : GStreamer Ugly Plugins vulnerabilities (USN-8896-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 365374

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8896-1 advisory.

 Michael Randrianantenaina discovered that GStreamer's Ugly Plugins incorrectly handled certain malformed RealMedia files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted media file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-38103, CVE-2023-38104)

 It was discovered that GStreamer's Ugly Plugins incorrectly handled certain malformed ASF and RealMedia files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted media file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-2920, CVE-2026-2922)

 Tianshuo Han discovered that GStreamer's Ugly Plugins incorrectly handled certain malformed RealMedia files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted media file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive information. (CVE-2026-53703, CVE-2026-53704)

 Seonwook Kim discovered that GStreamer's Ugly Plugins incorrectly handled certain malformed ASF files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted media file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive information. (CVE-2026-19389)

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 gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly and / or gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly-amr packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8896-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 365374

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8896-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/13/2026

Updated: 10/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

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-2023-38104

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:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly-amr, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/3/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38103, CVE-2023-38104, CVE-2026-19389, CVE-2026-2920, CVE-2026-2922, CVE-2026-53703, CVE-2026-53704

USN: 8896-1