CVE-2023-29552

HIGHScheduled

Published:Apr 25, 2023(3 years ago)

Modified:Oct 31, 2025

Remote ExploitNo Auth RequiredNo InteractionLow Complexity

Vulnerability 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.

Attack Characteristics

Network AccessLow ComplexityNo Auth NeededNo User Interaction

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No Fix Known

No patch has been released yet. Apply workarounds or mitigations where available.

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed In
netapp	smi-s_provider	-	-
suse	manager_server	-	-
suse	linux_enterprise_server	-

Timeline

Published
CVE disclosed publicly
Apr 25, 20233 years ago
Last Modified
Most recent update
Oct 31, 20256 months ago
Indexed to CVEInsight
Added to this platform
Mar 29, 20261 month ago

References

https://github.com/curesec/slploadProduct
https://blogs.vmware.com/security/2023/04/vmware-response-to-cve-2023-...Third Party Advisory
https://curesec.com/blog/article/CVE-2023-29552-Service-Location-Proto...Exploit

CVSS Score

v3.1

7.5/ 10.0

HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

At a Glance

Affected Products

References

netapp / smi-s_provider

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2608Technical Description

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230426-0001/Third Party Advisory

https://www.bitsight.com/blog/new-high-severity-vulnerability-cve-2023...Exploit

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2023/04/25/abuse-service-locat...Third Party Advisory

https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=000021051Third Party Advisory

https://blogs.vmware.com/security/2023/04/vmware-response-to-cve-2023-...Third Party Advisory

https://curesec.com/blog/article/CVE-2023-29552-Service-Location-Proto...Exploit

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2608Technical Description

https://github.com/curesec/slploadProduct

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230426-0001/Third Party Advisory

https://www.bitsight.com/blog/new-high-severity-vulnerability-cve-2023...Exploit

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2023/04/25/abuse-service-locat...Third Party Advisory

https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=000021051Third Party Advisory

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve...US Government Resource

CVSS v3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

Impact

ScopeUnchanged

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

Impact Analysis

ConfidentialityNone

NoneLowHigh

IntegrityNone

NoneLowHigh

AvailabilityHigh

NoneLowHigh

CVE-2023-29552

✦ Vulnerability Description

Attack Characteristics

Affected Software

Timeline

References

CVSS Score

At a Glance

Official Sources

CVSS v3 Vector

Impact Analysis

Vulnerability Description