National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-3609

Overview

The extension parser in slp_v2message.c in OpenSLP 1.2.1, and other versions before SVN revision 1647, as used in Service Location Protocol daemon (SLPD) in VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1 and ESXi 4.0 and 4.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a packet with a "next extension offset" that references this extension or a previous extension. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#393783

Name: VU#393783

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/393783

External Source: XF

Name: vmware-esxserver-slpd-dos(65931)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/65931

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0729

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0729

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0606

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0606

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0004.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0004.html

External Source: BID

Name: 46772

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46772

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20110308 VMSA-2011-0004 VMware ESX/ESXi SLPD denial of service vulnerability and ESX third party updates for Service Console packages bind, pam, and rpm.

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/516909/100/0/threaded

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 71019

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/71019

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2012:141

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:141

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1025168

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1025168

External Source: SREASON

Name: 8127

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8127

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43742

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43742

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43601

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43601

External Source: MLIST

Name: [security-announce] 20110307 VMSA-2011-0004 VMware ESX/ESXi SLPD denial of service vulnerability and ESX third party updates for Service Console packages bind, pam, and rpm

Hyperlink:http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000126.html