CVE-2010-3609

medium

Published 2011-03-11 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.0

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-17610 dos multiple

Nicolas Gregoire · 2011-08-05

OpenSLP 1.2.1 / < 1647 trunk - Denial of Service

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
openslp	openslp	`1.2.1`
vmware	esx	`4.0`
vmware	esx	`4.1`
vmware	esxi	`4.0`
vmware	esxi	`4.1`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.