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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2018:2240-01 Important OpenSLP DoS

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Calendar Grey July 23, 2018
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A critical security patch for OpenSSL has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, tackling vulnerabilities related to stack overflow errors.
An update for openslp is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

OpenSLP is an open source implementation of the Service Location Protocol (SLP) which is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards track protocol and provides a framework to allow networking applications to discover the existence, location, and configuration of networked services in enterprise networks.
Security Fix(es):
* openslp: Heap memory corruption in slpd/slpd_process.c allows denial of service or potentially code execution (CVE-2017-17833)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security update heap corruption important red hat enterprise linux openslp

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17833 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17833

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: openslp-2.0.0-7.el7_5.src.rpm
x86_64: openslp-2.0.0-7.el7_5.i686.rpm openslp-2.0.0-7.el7_5.x86_64.rpm openslp-debuginfo-2.0.0-7.el7_5.i686.rpm openslp-debuginfo-2.0.0-7.el7_5.x86_64.rpm openslp-server-2.0.0-7.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: openslp-debuginfo-2.0.0-7.el7_5.i686.rpm openslp-debuginfo-2.0.0-7.el7_5.x86_64.rpm openslp-devel-2.0.0-7.el7_5.i686.rpm openslp-devel-2.0.0-7.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: openslp-2.0.0-7.el7_5.src.rpm
x86_64: openslp-2.0.0-7.el7_5.i686.rpm openslp-2.0.0-7.el7_5.x86_64.rpm openslp-debuginfo-2.0.0-7.el7_5.i686.rpm openslp-debuginfo-2.0.0-7.el7_5.x86_64.rpm openslp-server-2.0.0-7.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: openslp-debuginfo-2.0.0-7.el7_5.i686.rpm openslp-debuginfo-2.0.0-7.el7_5.x86_64.rpm openslp-devel-2.0.0-7.el7_5.i686.rpm openslp-devel-2.0.0-7.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: openslp-2.0.0-7.el7_5.src.rpm
ppc64: openslp-2.0.0-7.el7_5.ppc.rpm openslp-2.0.0-7.el7_5.ppc64.rpm openslp-debuginfo-2.0.0-7.el7_5.ppc.rpm openslp-debuginfo-2.0.0-7.el7_5.ppc64.rpm openslp-server-2.0.0-7.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: openslp-2.0.0-7.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:2240-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2240
Issue date: 2018-07-23

Topic

An update for openslp is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security update heap corruption important red hat enterprise linux openslp

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x

Bugs Fixed

1572166 - CVE-2017-17833 openslp: Heap memory corruption in slpd/slpd_process.c allows denial of service or potentially code execution

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