CVE-2010-3609 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in OpenSLP via a crafted packet triggering an infinite loop in the extension parser.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-3609?
CVE-2010-3609 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Vmware Esx, published on 11 Mar 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The extension parser in slp_v2message.c in OpenSLP 1.2.1, and other versions before SVN revision 1647, as used in Service Location Protocol daemon (SLPD) in VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1 and ESXi 4.0 and 4.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a packet with a "next extension offset" that references this extension or a previous extension. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3609?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Openslp Openslp, Vmware Esx, Vmware Esxi.
How do I fix CVE-2010-3609?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2010-3609 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3609 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Esx
Sources
Also known as CVE-2015-5155, GHSA-h733-hjhg-3p5j.