1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1118-1

USN-1118-1: OpenSLP vulnerability

Publication date

20 April 2011

Overview

An attacker could send crafted input to OpenSLP and cause it to hang.

Releases

Packages

  • openslp - OpenSLP is an implementation of the Service Location Protocol
  • openslp-dfsg - OpenSLP is an implementation of the Service Location Protocol

Details

It was discovered that OpenSLP incorrectly handled certain corrupted
messages. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted packet to
the OpenSLP server and cause it to hang, leading to a denial of service.

It was discovered that OpenSLP incorrectly handled certain corrupted
messages. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted packet to
the OpenSLP server and cause it to hang, leading to a denial of service.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
9.10 karmic libslp1 –  1.2.1-7.5ubuntu0.1
8.04 hardy libslp1 –  1.2.1-7.1ubuntu0.2
6.06 dapper libslp1 –  1.2.1-5ubuntu0.2
10.10 maverick libslp1 –  1.2.1-7.7ubuntu0.1
10.04 lucid libslp1 –  1.2.1-7.6ubuntu0.1

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