CVE-2023-29552 — Actively Exploited: Service Location Protocol (SLP) (IETF)
The Service Location Protocol (SLP) contains a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to register services and use spoofed UDP traffic to conduct a denial-of-service (DoS) attack with a significant amplification factor.
| CVE ID | CVE-2023-29552 |
|---|---|
| Vendor | IETF |
| Product | Service Location Protocol (SLP) |
| Vulnerability name | Service Location Protocol (SLP) Denial-of-Service Vulnerability |
| Date added | 2023-11-08 |
| Remediation due | 2023-11-29 |
| Known ransomware use | Unknown |
| Required action | Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or disable SLP service or port 427/UDP on all systems running on untrusted networks, including those directly connected to the Internet. |
| Description | The Service Location Protocol (SLP) contains a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to register services and use spoofed UDP traffic to conduct a denial-of-service (DoS) attack with a significant amplification factor. |
| Source | CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities |
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