USN-2730-1: OpenSLP vulnerabilities

Publication date

3 September 2015

Overview

OpenSLP could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.


Packages

Details

Georgi Geshev discovered that OpenSLP incorrectly handled processing
certain service requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause OpenSLP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-4428)

Qinghao Tang discovered that OpenSLP incorrectly handled processing certain
messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
OpenSLP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5177)

Georgi Geshev discovered that OpenSLP incorrectly handled processing
certain service requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause OpenSLP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-4428)

Qinghao Tang discovered that OpenSLP incorrectly handled processing certain
messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
OpenSLP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5177)

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
15.04 vivid libslp1 –  1.2.1-10ubuntu0.1
14.04 trusty libslp1 –  1.2.1-9ubuntu0.2
12.04 precise libslp1 –  1.2.1-7.8ubuntu1.1

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