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CVE-2023-29552 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://blogs.vmware.com/security/2023/04/vmware-response-to-cve-2023-29552-reflective-denial-of-service-dos-amplification-vulnerability-in-slp.html Third Party Advisory 
https://curesec.com/blog/article/CVE-2023-29552-Service-Location-Protocol-Denial-of-Service-Amplification-Attack-212.html Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2608 Technical Description 
https://github.com/curesec/slpload Product 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230426-0001/ Third Party Advisory 
https://www.bitsight.com/blog/new-high-severity-vulnerability-cve-2023-29552-discovered-service-location-protocol-slp Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2023/04/25/abuse-service-location-protocol-may-lead-dos-attacks Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=000021051 Third Party Advisory 

This CVE is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Reference CISA's BOD 22-01 and Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog for further guidance and requirements.

Vulnerability Name Date Added Due Date Required Action
Service Location Protocol (SLP) Denial-of-Service Vulnerability 11/08/2023 11/29/2023 Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or disable SLP service or port 427/UDP on all systems running on untrusted networks, including those directly connected to the Internet.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-29552
NVD Published Date:
04/25/2023
NVD Last Modified:
05/04/2023
Source:
MITRE