USN-1118-1: OpenSLP vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 10.10
• Ubuntu 10.04
• Ubuntu 9.10
• Ubuntu 8.04
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• openslp - OpenSLP is an implementation of the Service Location Protocol
• openslp-dfsg - OpenSLP is an implementation of the Service Location Protocol

Details

It was discovered that OpenSLP incorrectly handled certain corrupted
messages. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted packet to
the OpenSLP server and cause it to hang, leading to a denial of service.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 9.10

• libslp1 - 1.2.1-7.5ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 8.04

• libslp1 - 1.2.1-7.1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 6.06

• libslp1 - 1.2.1-5ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 10.10

• libslp1 - 1.2.1-7.7ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 10.04

• libslp1 - 1.2.1-7.6ubuntu0.1

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

References

• CVE-2010-3609