Arbitrary code execution via malformed SPC music file

Bug #1650523 reported by Norbert
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
game-music-emu (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
game-music-emu (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Unassigned

Bug Description

Steps:
1. Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
2. Trying to play xcalc_ubuntu_16.04_libc_2.23-0ubuntu3.spc file from this blog post ( https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.ru/2016/12/redux-compromising-linux-using-snes.html ) and this video ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrCLoem6ggM ).
3. Totem found required plugin for playing "SNES-SPC700 Sound File Data decoder" which is in gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad.
4. xcalc does not launched on music play or by Nautilus launch.

Ubuntu security team, please read blog post (see above link) and confirm (and fix) or refute zero-day vulnerability.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad 1.8.2-1ubuntu0.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.376
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Dec 16 12:03:27 2016
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release i386 (20160719)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gst-plugins-bad1.0
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :
Norbert (nrbrtx)
summary: - totem can't find required plugin for playing "SNES-SPC700 Sound File
- Data decoder" which is in gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
+ Plugin "SNES-SPC700 Sound File Data decoder" in gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
+ may have security vulnerability
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Tyler Hicks (tyhicks) wrote : Re: Plugin "SNES-SPC700 Sound File Data decoder" in gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad may have security vulnerability
information type: Private Security → Public Security
Changed in gst-plugins-bad1.0 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in totem (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in game-music-emu (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
Mathew Hodson (mhodson)
no longer affects: gst-plugins-bad1.0 (Ubuntu)
no longer affects: totem (Ubuntu)
Mathew Hodson (mhodson)
Changed in game-music-emu (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
Changed in game-music-emu (Debian):
status: Unknown → Fix Released
Mathew Hodson (mhodson)
summary: - Plugin "SNES-SPC700 Sound File Data decoder" in gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
- may have security vulnerability
+ Arbitrary code execution via malformed SPC music file
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