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Ubuntu 15.04 LTS: USN-2730-1 Moderate OpenSLP DoS Problems

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

Summary

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

traffic.

Software Description:

- openslp-dfsg: OpenSLP development files

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)

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update DoS Ubuntu moderate severity network traffic OpenSLP

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 15.04:
  libslp1                         1.2.1-10ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libslp1                         1.2.1-9ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libslp1                         1.2.1-7.8ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2730-1

CVE-2012-4428, CVE-2015-5177

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September 03, 2015

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update DoS Ubuntu moderate severity network traffic OpenSLP

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openslp-dfsg/1.2.1-10ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openslp-dfsg/1.2.1-9ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openslp-dfsg/1.2.1-7.8ubuntu1.1

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