CVE-2023-29552
The Service Location Protocol (SLP, RFC 2608) allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to register arbitrary services. This could allow the...
Basic Information
- CVE State
- PUBLISHED
- Reserved Date
- April 07, 2023
- Published Date
- April 25, 2023
- Last Updated
- February 13, 2025
- Vendor
- n/a
- Product
- n/a
- Description
- The Service Location Protocol (SLP, RFC 2608) allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to register arbitrary services. This could allow the attacker to use spoofed UDP traffic to conduct a denial-of-service attack with a significant amplification factor.
CVSS Scores
CVSS v3.1
7.5 - HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC Information
- Exploitation
- active
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical Impact
- partial
Exploit Status
- Exploited in the Wild
- Yes (added 2023-11-08 00:00:00 UTC) Source
References
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2608
https://www.bitsight.com/blog/new-high-severity-vulnerability-cve-2023-29552-discovered-service-location-protocol-slp
https://blogs.vmware.com/security/2023/04/vmware-response-to-cve-2023-29552-reflective-denial-of-service-dos-amplification-vulnerability-in-slp.html
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2023/04/25/abuse-service-location-protocol-may-lead-dos-attacks
https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=000021051
https://curesec.com/blog/article/CVE-2023-29552-Service-Location-Protocol-Denial-of-Service-Amplification-Attack-212.html
https://github.com/curesec/slpload
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230426-0001/
Known Exploited Vulnerability Information
| Source | Added Date |
|---|---|
| CISA | 2023-11-08 00:00:00 UTC |