[USN-2730-1] OpenSLP vulnerabilities

[Marc Deslauriers]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2730-1
September 03, 2015

openslp-dfsg vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

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)

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:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2730-1
  CVE-2012-4428, CVE-2015-5177

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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