OpenSLP: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202005-12

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenSLP, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Affected packages

net-misc/openslp on all architectures
Affected versions <= 2.0.0-r5
Unaffected versions

Background

OpenSLP is an open-source implementation of Service Location Protocol (SLP).

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSLP. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

Gentoo has discontinued support for OpenSLP. We recommend that users unmerge OpenSLP:

 # emerge --unmerge "net-libs/openslp"
 

NOTE: The Gentoo developer(s) maintaining OpenSLP have discontinued support at this time. It may be possible that a new Gentoo developer will update OpenSLP at a later date. No known alternatives to OpenSLP are in the tree at this time.

References

Release date
May 14, 2020

Latest revision
May 14, 2020: 2

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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