CVE-2024-41660 slpd-lite unauthenticated memory corruption
Unauthenticated attackers can cause memory corruption in OpenBMC systems via UDP packets, potentially leading to code execution or denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-41660?
CVE-2024-41660 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in openbmc slpd-lite, published on 31 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
slpd-lite is a unicast SLP UDP server. Any OpenBMC system that includes the slpd-lite package is impacted. Installing this package is the default when building OpenBMC. Nefarious users can send slp packets to the BMC using UDP port 427 to cause memory overflow issues within the slpd-lite daemon on the BMC. Patches will be available in the latest openbmc/slpd-lite repository.
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-41660?
How do I fix CVE-2024-41660?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-41660 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2024-41660 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41660 in the wild and no public exploit code.