High severity7.5CISA KEVNVD Advisory· Published Apr 25, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-29552
CVE-2023-29552
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.
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Affected products
15- cpe:2.3:a:netapp:smi-s_provider:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:service_location_protocol_project:service_location_protocol:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:-:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:-:*:*:*:sap:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:15:*:*:*:*:-:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:15:*:*:*:*:sap:*:*
- Service Location Protocol/Service Location Protocoldescription
Patches
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References
8- curesec.com/blog/article/CVE-2023-29552-Service-Location-Protocol-Denial-of-Service-Amplification-Attack-212.htmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.bitsight.com/blog/new-high-severity-vulnerability-cve-2023-29552-discovered-service-location-protocol-slpnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- blogs.vmware.com/security/2023/04/vmware-response-to-cve-2023-29552-reflective-denial-of-service-dos-amplification-vulnerability-in-slp.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230426-0001/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2023/04/25/abuse-service-location-protocol-may-lead-dos-attacksnvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/nvdThird Party Advisory
- datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2608nvdTechnical Description
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalognvdUS Government Resource
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