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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2019-5544: OpenSLP: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2019-5544: OpenSLP: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/06/2019
Created
06/16/2020
Added
06/15/2020
Modified
04/07/2022

Description

OpenSLP as used in ESXi and the Horizon DaaS appliances has a heap overwrite issue. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Critical severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 9.8.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-misc-openslp

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