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Gentoo: GLSA-202110-03 Normal: OpenSSL Potential Security Flaw

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Calendar Grey September 13, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 202009-05 warns of a critical GStreamer RTSP Server vulnerability risking Denial of Service; users should upgrade immediately
A vulnerability in GStreamer RTSP Server could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

It was discovered that GStreamer RTSP Server did not properly handle authentication.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo normal gstreamer rtsp server

Resolution

All GStreamer RTSP Server users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=media-libs/gst-rtsp-server-1.16.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-6095 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6095

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-05
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: GStreamer RTSP Server: Denial of service
Date: September 13, 2020
Bugs: #715100
ID: 202009-05

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

A vulnerability in GStreamer RTSP Server could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Background

RTSP server library based on GStreamer.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/gst-rtsp-server < 1.16.2 >= 1.16.2

Impact

===== A remote attacker, by sending specially crafted authentication requests, could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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