Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2730-1
3rd September, 2015
openslp-dfsg vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
OpenSLP could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network
traffic.
Software description
- openslp-dfsg
– OpenSLP development files
Details
Georgi Geshev discovered that OpenSLP incorrectly handled processing
certain service requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause OpenSLP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-4428)
Qinghao Tang discovered that OpenSLP incorrectly handled processing certain
messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
OpenSLP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5177)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 15.04:
-
libslp1
1.2.1-10ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
libslp1
1.2.1-9ubuntu0.2
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
libslp1
1.2.1-7.8ubuntu1.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.