CVE-2023-29552
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of service disruption.
- In the wild
- CISA lists this as exploited in real attacks. Treat as urgent.
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- 2023-11-08 Exploited in the wildAdded to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list
- 2023-11-29 Remediation deadlineCISA's due date for federal agencies to fix it
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: yes, CISA lists it. This puts it above everything that is not.
- Exploit odds: 64.0% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.5 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Added to CISA KEV
- 2023-11-08
- Exploit probability
- 64.0% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Record status
- Analyzed
Affected
- Netapp smi-s Provider
- Suse Manager Server
- Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11
- Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12
- Suse Linux Enterprise Server 15
- VMware Esxi < 7.0
- Service Location Protocol Project Service Location Protocol
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.5
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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References
- https://blogs.vmware.com/security/2023/04/vmware-response-to-cve-2023-29552-reflective-denial-of-service-dos-amplification-vulnerability-in-slp.html
- https://curesec.com/blog/article/CVE-2023-29552-Service-Location-Protocol-Denial-of-Service-Amplification-Attack-212.html
- https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2608
- https://github.com/curesec/slpload
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230426-0001/
- https://www.bitsight.com/blog/new-high-severity-vulnerability-cve-2023-29552-discovered-service-location-protocol-slp
- 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://blogs.vmware.com/security/2023/04/vmware-response-to-cve-2023-29552-reflective-denial-of-service-dos-amplification-vulnerability-in-slp.html
- https://curesec.com/blog/article/CVE-2023-29552-Service-Location-Protocol-Denial-of-Service-Amplification-Attack-212.html
- https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2608
- https://github.com/curesec/slpload
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230426-0001/
- https://www.bitsight.com/blog/new-high-severity-vulnerability-cve-2023-29552-discovered-service-location-protocol-slp
- 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://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-29552