critical
CVE-2019-5544
openslp: Heap-based buffer overflow in ProcessSrvRqst() in slpd_process.c leading to remote code execution
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.
Severity by source
NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, Red Hat, Amazon, Azure Linux, CBL-Mariner, Oracle. Rated lower by Ubuntu (medium).
Description
OpenSLP as used in ESXi and the Horizon DaaS appliances has a heap overwrite issue. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Critical severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 9.8.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| amazon linux 2 | openslp, openslp-debuginfo, openslp-devel and 1 more | 1:2.0.0-8.amzn2 |
| Azure Linux 3.0 | openslp | 0:2.0.0-26.azl3 |
| CBL-Mariner 2.0 | openslp | 0:2.0.0-26.cm2 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | openslp, openslp-devel, openslp-server | 1:2.0.0-4.el6_10 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | openslp, openslp-devel, openslp-server | 1:2.0.0-8.el7_7 |
| debian 8 | openslp-dfsg | 1.2.1-10+deb8u2 |
| ubuntu 14.04-ESM | openslp-dfsg | 1.2.1-9ubuntu0.3+esm1 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | openslp-dfsg | 1.2.1-11ubuntu0.16.04.2 |
| ubuntu 16.04-ESM | openslp-dfsg | 1.2.1-11ubuntu0.16.04.2 |
Show all 16 entries from 9 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| amazon linux 2 | openslp | 1:2.0.0-8.amzn2 |
| amazon linux 2 | openslp-debuginfo | 1:2.0.0-8.amzn2 |
| amazon linux 2 | openslp-devel | 1:2.0.0-8.amzn2 |
| amazon linux 2 | openslp-server | 1:2.0.0-8.amzn2 |
| Azure Linux 3.0 | openslp | 0:2.0.0-26.azl3 |
| CBL-Mariner 2.0 | openslp | 0:2.0.0-26.cm2 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | openslp | 1:2.0.0-4.el6_10 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | openslp-devel | 1:2.0.0-4.el6_10 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | openslp-server | 1:2.0.0-4.el6_10 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | openslp | 1:2.0.0-8.el7_7 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | openslp-devel | 1:2.0.0-8.el7_7 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | openslp-server | 1:2.0.0-8.el7_7 |
| debian 8 | openslp-dfsg | 1.2.1-10+deb8u2 |
| ubuntu 14.04-ESM | openslp-dfsg | 1.2.1-9ubuntu0.3+esm1 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | openslp-dfsg | 1.2.1-11ubuntu0.16.04.2 |
| ubuntu 16.04-ESM | openslp-dfsg | 1.2.1-11ubuntu0.16.04.2 |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/10/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/11/2
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0022.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4240
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0199
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-5544
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2019-5544.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-0199.html
All 18 references
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DA3LYAJ2NRKMOZLZOQNDJ5TNQRFMWGHF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZPXXJZLPLAQULBCJVI5NNWZ3PGWXGXWG/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5544
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-12
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4919-1
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-5544
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5544
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/06/1
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0022.html