High severity · published Oct 22, 2017
CVE-2015-5177
Double free vulnerability in the SLPDKnownDAAdd function in slpd/slpd_knownda.c in OpenSLP 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted package
7.5
CVSS
6.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Double free vulnerability in the SLPDKnownDAAdd function in slpd/slpd_knownda.c in OpenSLP 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted package.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.3% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
OP
Openslp · Openslp
1.2.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5177
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5177
Patch
http://sourceforge.net/p/openslp/mercurial/ci/2bc15d0494f886d9c4fe342d23bc160605aea51d/
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76635
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033719
Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251064
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3353
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