The Service Location Protocol (SLP, RFC 2608) allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to register arbitrary services. This could allow the attacker to use spoofed UDP traffic to conduct a denial-of-service attack with a significant amplification factor.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smi-s_provider | Netapp | - (including) | - (including) |
| Openslp-dfsg | Ubuntu | esm-infra-legacy/trusty | * |
| Openslp-dfsg | Ubuntu | esm-infra/xenial | * |
| Openslp-dfsg | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Openslp-dfsg | Ubuntu | trusty/esm | * |
| Openslp-dfsg | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
References
- https://blogs.vmware.com/security/2023/04/vmware-response-to-cve-2023-29552-reflective-denial-of-service-dos-amplification-vulnerability-in-slp.html
- https://curesec.com/blog/article/CVE-2023-29552-Service-Location-Protocol-Denial-of-Service-Amplification-Attack-212.html
- https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2608
- https://github.com/curesec/slpload
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230426-0001/
- https://www.bitsight.com/blog/new-high-severity-vulnerability-cve-2023-29552-discovered-service-location-protocol-slp
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2023/04/25/abuse-service-location-protocol-may-lead-dos-attacks
- https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=000021051
- https://blogs.vmware.com/security/2023/04/vmware-response-to-cve-2023-29552-reflective-denial-of-service-dos-amplification-vulnerability-in-slp.html
- https://curesec.com/blog/article/CVE-2023-29552-Service-Location-Protocol-Denial-of-Service-Amplification-Attack-212.html
- https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2608
- https://github.com/curesec/slpload
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230426-0001/
- https://www.bitsight.com/blog/new-high-severity-vulnerability-cve-2023-29552-discovered-service-location-protocol-slp
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2023/04/25/abuse-service-location-protocol-may-lead-dos-attacks
- https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=000021051
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-29552