Gentoo: GLSA-202005-12: OpenSLP: Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSLP. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
Gentoo has discontinued support for OpenSLP. We recommend that usersunmerge OpenSLP:
# emerge --unmerge "net-libs/openslp"
NOTE: The Gentoo developer(s) maintaining OpenSLP have discontinued
support at this time. It may be possible that a new Gentoo developer
will update OpenSLP at a later date. No known alternatives to OpenSLP
are in the tree at this time.
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2017-17833 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17833 [ 2 ] CVE-2019-5544 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5544
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-12
Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
Background
OpenSLP is an open-source implementation of Service Location Protocol (SLP).
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/openslp <= 2.0.0-r5 Vulnerable! ------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate to another package if one is available or wait for the existing packages to be marked stable by their architecture maintainers.
Impact
===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.