CVE-2023-29552

HighActively exploited (CISA KEV)

Description

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductIETF Service Location Protocol (SLP)
PublishedApr 25, 2023
First seenApr 25, 2023
Added to KEVNov 8, 2023

How to fix

CISA required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or disable SLP service or port 427/UDP on all systems running on untrusted networks, including those directly connected to the Internet.

CISA due date: Nov 29, 2023
Update
  • vmware esxi7.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
service_location_protocol_project service_location_protocolNo range specified—
netapp smi-s_providerNo range specified—
suse manager_serverNo range specified—
suse linux_enterprise_server11, 12, 15—
vmware esxiv < 7.07.0

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