GStreamer up to 1.15.x RTSP Connection Parser Response memory corruption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GStreamer up to 1.15.x. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component RTSP Connection Parser. The manipulation as part of Response leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2019-9928. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in GStreamer up to 1.15.x (Multimedia Processing Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component RTSP Connection Parser. The manipulation as part of a Response leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

GStreamer before 1.16.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the RTSP connection parser via a crafted response from a server, potentially allowing remote code execution.

The bug was discovered 04/22/2019. The weakness was published 04/24/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at gstreamer.freedesktop.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-9928 since 03/22/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 176927 (Debian Security Update for gst-plugins-base0.10 (DLA 1769-1)).

Upgrading to version 1.16.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Multimedia Processing Software

Name

• GStreamer

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15

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• open-source

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