Vulnerability Intelligence Report
Service Location Protocol (SLP) Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
CVE-2023-29552
The Service Location Protocol (SLP, RFC 2608) allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to register arbitrary services. This could allow the attacker to use spoofed UDP traffic to conduct a denial-of-service attack with a significant amplification factor.
CISA KEV
SSVC: Active Exploitation
Automatable
CVSS Base Score
7.5
HIGH
Exploitability:3.9
Impact Score:3.6
EPSS Probability:65.87%
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Attack Surface
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SSVC Action
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Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| netapp | smi-s_provider | all |
| suse | manager_server | all |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 11, 12, 15 |
| vmware | esxi | all |
| service_location_protocol_project | service_location_protocol | all |
References & Technical Advisories
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Threat Intelligence Signals
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | MITRE Corporation · N/A · USA |
| Reserved | 2023-04-07T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2023-04-25T00:00:00 |
| Last Updated | 2025-10-21T23:05:48 |
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