# CVE-2020-6095: An exploitable denial of service vulnerability exists in the GstRTSPAuth functionality of GStreamer/gst-rtsp-server 1.14.5.

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-03-27 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a GStreamer: GStreamer gst-rtsp-server 1.14.5

## Description

An exploitable denial of service vulnerability exists in the GstRTSPAuth functionality of GStreamer/gst-rtsp-server 1.14.5. A specially crafted RTSP setup request can cause a null pointer deference resulting in denial-of-service. An attacker can send a malicious packet to trigger this vulnerability.

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## References

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00029.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-05
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1018
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-rtsp-server/-/commit/44ccca3086dd81081d72ca0b21d0ecdde962fb1a

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