CVE-2010-3609
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 17.2% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-3605)
- Published
- March 11, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3605 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openslp / openslp
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
References
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000126.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43601(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43742(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8127
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025168
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/393783(US Government Resource)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:141
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:111
- http://www.osvdb.org/71019
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516909/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46772
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0004.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0606(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0729(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65931
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-05
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0227
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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