CVE-2016-4912 - The _xrealloc function in xlsp_xmalloc.c in OpenSLP 2.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial

CVE-2016-4912

Summary

The _xrealloc function in xlsp_xmalloc.c in OpenSLP 2.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a large number of crafted packets, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/18/6
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035916
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329295
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-05

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:openslp:openslp:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openslp:openslp:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	5.0 (as of 11-07-2017 - 01:33)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

CWE-476

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	NONE	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

refmap via4

confirm	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329295
gentoo	GLSA-201707-05
mlist	[oss-security] 20160518 Re: CVE Request: null pointer deref in openslp, can be triggered remotely
sectrack	1035916

Last major update

11-07-2017 - 01:33

Published

27-03-2017 - 17:59

Last modified

11-07-2017 - 01:33