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title: "CVE-2017-17833\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2017-17833

Publication date 23 April 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**9.8 · Critical**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17833?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

OpenSLP releases in the 1.0.2 and 1.1.0 code streams have a heap-related
memory corruption issue which may manifest itself as a denial-of-service or
a remote code-execution vulnerability.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17833?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| openslp-dfsg | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Fixed 1.2.1-11ubuntu0.17.10.1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 1.2.1-11ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1.2.1-9ubuntu0.3 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17833?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [seth-arnold](https://launchpad.net/~seth-arnold)

Fix may not be complete

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

patch need to also be added a few lines below

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| openslp-dfsg | * Upstream:   <https://sourceforge.net/p/openslp/mercurial/ci/151f07745901cbdba6e00e4889561b4083250da1/> |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

9.8 · Critical

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 9.8 · Critical |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17833)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17833)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2017-17833)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17833)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-3708-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3708-1)
+ OpenSLP vulnerabilities
+ 9 July 2018

### Other references

* <http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-18247>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17833>