<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200503-25"> <title>OpenSLP: Multiple buffer overflows</title> <synopsis> Multiple buffer overflows have been found in OpenSLP, which could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">OpenSLP</product> <announced>March 20, 2005</announced> <revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised> <bug>85347</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="net-libs/openslp" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.2.1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.2.1</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> OpenSLP is an open-source implementation of Service Location Protocol (SLP). </p> </background> <description> <p> Multiple buffer overflows have been found in OpenSLP, when handling malformed SLP packets. </p> </description> <impact type="high"> <p> By sending specially crafted SLP packets, a remote attacker could potentially execute arbitrary code with the rights of the OpenSLP daemon. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All OpenSLP users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/openslp-1.2.1"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_15_openslp.html">SUSE Security Announcement</uri> <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0769">CVE-2005-0769</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 16 Mar 2005 22:37:07 +0000"> lewk </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:53:57 +0000"> formula7 </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 20 Mar 2005 20:02:39 +0000"> koon </metadata> </glsa>