Summary
The remote host is missing an update to gst-plugins-good0.10 announced via advisory USN-789-1.
Solution
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 0.10.3-0ubuntu4.2
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 0.10.7-3ubuntu0.3
Ubuntu 8.10:
gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 0.10.10.4-1ubuntu1.2
Ubuntu 9.04:
gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 0.10.14-1ubuntu0.1
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-789-1
Insight
Tielei Wang discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins did not correctly handle malformed PNG image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted PNG image file with a GStreamer application, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
Severity
Classification
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CVSS Base Score: 7.8
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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