Input validation error in LIVE555 Media Server - CVE-2019-9215

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU18009

Input validation error in LIVE555 Media Server - CVE-2019-9215

Published: March 18, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU18009
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9215
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Live Networks
Affected software:
LIVE555 Media Server

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the parseAuthorizationHeader() function. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack against application using the vulnerable version of Live555 codec library.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-9215

Install updates from vendor's website.

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