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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202005-12 ] OpenSLP: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Thu, 14 May 2020 22:35:17
Message-Id: e88c67f3-70be-b89b-9f66-9399235b5c5a@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202005-12
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: OpenSLP: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: May 14, 2020
10 Bugs: #662878
11 ID: 202005-12
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenSLP, the worst of which
19 could result in the arbitrary execution of code.
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21 Background
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24 OpenSLP is an open-source implementation of Service Location Protocol
25 (SLP).
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 net-misc/openslp <= 2.0.0-r5 Vulnerable!
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35 NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate
36 to another package if one is available or wait for the
37 existing packages to be marked stable by their
38 architecture maintainers.
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40 Description
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43 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSLP. Please review
44 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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46 Impact
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49 Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
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51 Workaround
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54 There is no known workaround at this time.
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56 Resolution
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59 Gentoo has discontinued support for OpenSLP. We recommend that users
60 unmerge OpenSLP:
61 # emerge --unmerge "net-libs/openslp"
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63 NOTE: The Gentoo developer(s) maintaining OpenSLP have discontinued
64 support at this time. It may be possible that a new Gentoo developer
65 will update OpenSLP at a later date. No known alternatives to OpenSLP
66 are in the tree at this time.
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68 References
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71 [ 1 ] CVE-2017-17833
72 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17833
73 [ 2 ] CVE-2019-5544
74 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5544
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76 Availability
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79 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
80 the Gentoo Security Website:
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82 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-12
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84 Concerns?
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87 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
88 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
89 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
90 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
91 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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93 License
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96 Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
97 belongs to its owner(s).
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99 The contents of this document are licensed under the
100 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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102 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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