CVE-2023-29552

7.5 HIGH CISA KEV - Actively Exploited
Published: April 25, 2023 Modified: October 31, 2025
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Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://blogs.vmware.com/security/2023/04/vmware-response-to-cve-2023-29552-reflective-denial-of-service-dos-amplification-vulnerability-in-slp.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://curesec.com/blog/article/CVE-2023-29552-Service-Location-Protocol-Denial-of-Service-Amplification-Attack-212.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2608
Source: cve@mitre.org
Technical Description
https://github.com/curesec/slpload
Source: cve@mitre.org
Product
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230426-0001/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://www.bitsight.com/blog/new-high-severity-vulnerability-cve-2023-29552-discovered-service-location-protocol-slp
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2023/04/25/abuse-service-location-protocol-may-lead-dos-attacks
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=000021051
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://blogs.vmware.com/security/2023/04/vmware-response-to-cve-2023-29552-reflective-denial-of-service-dos-amplification-vulnerability-in-slp.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://curesec.com/blog/article/CVE-2023-29552-Service-Location-Protocol-Denial-of-Service-Amplification-Attack-212.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2608
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Technical Description
https://github.com/curesec/slpload
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Product
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230426-0001/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.bitsight.com/blog/new-high-severity-vulnerability-cve-2023-29552-discovered-service-location-protocol-slp
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2023/04/25/abuse-service-location-protocol-may-lead-dos-attacks
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=000021051
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-29552
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
US Government Resource

17 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
92.6%
100th percentile
Exploitation Status
Actively Exploited
Remediation due: 2023-11-29

Affected Vendors

netapp suse service_location_protocol_project vmware