CVE-2016-4912 (GCVE-0-2016-4912)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-03-27 17:00
Modified
2024-08-06 00:46
Severity ?
Summary
The _xrealloc function in xlsp_xmalloc.c in OpenSLP 2.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a large number of crafted packets, which triggers a memory allocation failure.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/18/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035916Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329295Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-05
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/18/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035916Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329295Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-05
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