Security Bulletin
Summary
The opensslp packages provide Service Location Protocol (SLP) which is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards track protocol and provides a framework to allow networking applications to discover the existence, location, and configuration of networked services in enterprise networks. And is vulnerable by CVE-2019-5544
Vulnerability Details
DESCRIPTION: OpenSLP, as used in Vmware used in ESXi and the Horizon DaaS appliances, is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by slpd_process.c. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/172708 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
Affected Product(s) Version(s)
Power HMC V8.8.7.0.0
Power HMC V9.1.910.0
Remediation/Fixes
Remediation/Fixes
The following fixes are available on IBM Fix Central at: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
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Product
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VRMF
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APAR
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Remediation/Fix
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Power HMC
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V8.8.7.0 SP3 ppc
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MB04236
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Power HMC
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V8.8.7.0 SP3 x86
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MB04235
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Power HMC
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V9.1.940.0 ppc
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MB04231
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Power HMC
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V9.1.940.0 x86
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MB04230
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Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
14 Feb 2020: Initial Publication
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
22 September 2021
UID
ibm13357561