SB2017012316 - Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSLP

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SB2017012316 - Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSLP

Published: January 23, 2017 Updated: August 8, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2017012316
Severity
High
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4912)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a large number of crafted packets, which triggers a memory allocation failure.


2) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7567)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Buffer overflow in the SLPFoldWhiteSpace function in common/slp_compare.c in OpenSLP 2.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted string.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

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