# Security Advisory 2024-0004 (CVE-2024-44331)

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| Summary           | RTSP server: Potential Denial-of-Service (DoS) with specially crafted client requests |
| Date              | 2024-10-29 18:00 |
| Affected Versions | GStreamer gst-rtsp-server >= 1.18.0, < 1.24.9 |
| IDs               | GStreamer-SA-2024-0004<br/>CVE-2024-44331 |

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## Details

A series of specially crafted client requests during streaming setup
(post client authentication, if any) can cause the RTSP server library
to abort, if it has been compiled with assertions enabled.

## Impact

It is possible for a malicious RTSP client to potentially trigger a crash/abort
of the RTSP server application, if it has been compiled with assertions enabled.
There is no risk of code execution or memory manipulation.

## Solution

The gst-rtsp-server 1.24.9 releases (and git main branch) addresses the issue.
People using older branches of GStreamer should apply the patch and recompile.

## References

### The GStreamer project

- [https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org)

### CVE Database Entries

- [CVE-2024-44331](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-44331)

### GStreamer releases

#### 1.24 (current stable)

- [GStreamer 1.24.9 release notes](/releases/1.24/#1.24.9)
- [GStreamer RTSP Server Library 1.24.9](/src/gst-rtsp-server/gst-rtsp-server-1.24.9.tar.xz)

### Patches

- [Patch](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/7731.patch)