Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2016-7567 is a remotely triggerable buffer overflow in OpenSLP 2.0. The public description says a crafted string can corrupt memory, but the impact is unspecified. Treat this as relevant where OpenSLP or SLP-based service discovery is installed or exposed, especially on servers, appliances, or legacy Linux systems. Exposure is most likely on systems running OpenSLP 2.0 or distribution packages derived from it. The bundle does not identify affected vendors beyond OpenSLP, so appliance and OS package inventories should be checked rather than assumed safe or vulnerable. Prioritize discovery first. The impact is not well specified, but the issue is remote, memory-corruption related, and has public exploit references. Internet or broad internal exposure should raise remediation urgency. Mitigation focus: Identify and update affected OpenSLP packages using vendor or distribution guidance.; Review the Gentoo advisory if Gentoo systems are in scope.; Use the upstream SourceForge change only through trusted vendor backports where possible..
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- Known Exploited
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- GLSA-201707-05CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- 45804CVE reference · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://sourceforge.net/p/openslp/mercurial/ci/34fb3aa5e6b4997fa21cb614e480de36da5dbc9a/CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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