USN-98-1: OpenSLP vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 4.10

Details

The SuSE Security Team discovered several buffer overflows in the
OpenSLP server and client library. By sending specially crafted SLP
packets, a remote attacker could exploit this to crash the SLP server
or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the "daemon" user.
Likewise, a malicious SLP server could exploit the client library
vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
user running the SLP client application.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 4.10

• slpd -
• libslp1 -

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-March/032534.html