USN-7320-1: GPAC vulnerabilities

4 March 2025

Several security issues were fixed in GPAC.

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Releases

Packages

  • gpac - GPAC Project on Advanced Content

Details

It was discovered that the GPAC MP4Box utility incorrectly handled certain
AC3 files, which could lead to an out-of-bounds read. A remote attacker
could use this issue to cause MP4Box to crash, resulting in a denial of
service (system crash). This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-5520, CVE-2024-0322)

It was discovered that the GPAC MP4Box utility incorrectly handled certain
malformed text files. If a user or automated system using MP4Box were
tricked into opening a specially crafted RST file, an attacker could use
this issue to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2024-0321)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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