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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6: RHSA-2018-2308-01 Critical: openslp Heap Issue

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Calendar Grey July 31, 2018
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Hash: SHA256 Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: openslp security update Advisory ID: RHS
An update for openslp is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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.

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Topics Covered

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

References

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

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source: openslp-2.0.0-3.el6.src.rpm
i386: openslp-2.0.0-3.el6.i686.rpm openslp-debuginfo-2.0.0-3.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: openslp-2.0.0-3.el6.i686.rpm openslp-2.0.0-3.el6.x86_64.rpm openslp-debuginfo-2.0.0-3.el6.i686.rpm openslp-debuginfo-2.0.0-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
i386: openslp-debuginfo-2.0.0-3.el6.i686.rpm openslp-devel-2.0.0-3.el6.i686.rpm openslp-server-2.0.0-3.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: openslp-debuginfo-2.0.0-3.el6.i686.rpm openslp-debuginfo-2.0.0-3.el6.x86_64.rpm openslp-devel-2.0.0-3.el6.i686.rpm openslp-devel-2.0.0-3.el6.x86_64.rpm openslp-server-2.0.0-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source: openslp-2.0.0-3.el6.src.rpm
x86_64: openslp-2.0.0-3.el6.i686.rpm openslp-2.0.0-3.el6.x86_64.rpm openslp-debuginfo-2.0.0-3.el6.i686.rpm openslp-debuginfo-2.0.0-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
x86_64: openslp-debuginfo-2.0.0-3.el6.i686.rpm openslp-debuginfo-2.0.0-3.el6.x86_64.rpm openslp-devel-2.0.0-3.el6.i686.rpm openslp-devel-2.0.0-3.el6.x86_64.rpm openslp-server-2.0.0-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source: openslp-2.0.0-3.el6.src.rpm
i386: openslp-2.0.0-3.el6.i686.rpm openslp-debuginfo-2.0.0-3.el6.i686.rpm
ppc64:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:2308-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2308
Issue date: 2018-07-31

Topic

An update for openslp is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.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 heap corruption important security impact red hat enterprise openslp

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

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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