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Gentoo: GLSA-201707-05 OpenSLP Moderate: Denial of Service Issue

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Calendar Grey July 8, 2017
Scroller Gentoo Esm H88
Several vulnerabilities within OpenSLP could potentially enable remote Denial of Service attacks on Gentoo systems. It is advisable for all users to perform upgrades.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenSLP, the worst of which allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition or other unspecified impacts

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSLP. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo remote access moderate severity multiple issues Denial of Service OpenSLP

Resolution

All OpenSLP users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/openslp-2.0.0-r4"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2010-3609 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3609 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-4428 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4428 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-4912 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4912 [ 4 ] CVE-2016-7567 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7567

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-05
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: OpenSLP: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 08, 2017
Bugs: #360061, #434918, #583396, #595542
ID: 201707-05

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo remote access moderate severity multiple issues Denial of Service OpenSLP

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenSLP, the worst of which allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition or other unspecified impacts.

Background

OpenSLP is an open-source implementation of Service Location Protocol (SLP).

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-libs/openslp < 2.0.0-r4 >= 2.0.0-r4

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition or have other unspecified impacts.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.