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Gentoo: GLSA-202005-12 Normal: OpenSLP Multiple Security Flaws

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Calendar Grey May 14, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
OpenSLP is exposed to several vulnerabilities in Gentoo systems. The potential for arbitrary code execution is a concern; it is advisable to uninstall immediately.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenSLP, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

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 multiple issues execution normal severity OpenSLP service location

Resolution

Gentoo has discontinued support for OpenSLP. We recommend that usersunmerge OpenSLP: # emerge --unmerge "net-libs/openslp" NOTE: The Gentoo developer(s) maintaining OpenSLP have discontinued support at this time. It may be possible that a new Gentoo developer will update OpenSLP at a later date. No known alternatives to OpenSLP are in the tree at this time.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-17833 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17833 [ 2 ] CVE-2019-5544 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5544

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-12
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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: May 14, 2020
Bugs: #662878
ID: 202005-12

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo multiple issues execution normal severity OpenSLP service location

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenSLP, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Background

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

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/openslp <= 2.0.0-r5 Vulnerable! ------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate to another package if one is available or wait for the existing packages to be marked stable by their architecture maintainers.

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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