SUSE-SU-2016:2661-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:2661-1

    Published: 27 Oct 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for openslp

    Details: This update for openslp fixes two security issues and two bugs. The following vulnerabilities were fixed: - CVE-2016-4912: A remote attacker could have crashed the server with a large number of packages (bsc#980722) - CVE-2016-7567: A remote attacker could cause a memory corruption having unspecified impact (bsc#1001600) The following bugfix changes are included: - bsc#994989: Removed convenience code as changes bytes in the message buffer breaking the verification code - bsc#974655: Removed no longer needed slpd init file

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20162661-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1001600, https://bugzilla.suse.com/974655, https://bugzilla.suse.com/980722, https://bugzilla.suse.com/994989, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4912, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7567

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openslp

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/openslp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.0-17.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High