What is CVE-2023-29552?

CVE-2023-29552 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netapp Smi-s_provider. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-04-25.

How severe is CVE-2023-29552?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-29552 known to be exploited?

Yes. CVE-2023-29552 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-11-08), indicating it is being actively exploited. 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.

Vulnerability in Netapp Smi-s_provider

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 ampl…

EPSS: 0.659 (99.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Netapp Smi-s_provider
Service_location_protocol_project Service_location_protocol
Vmware Esxi
Suse Linux_enterprise_server — versions 11, 12, 15
Suse Manager_server
N/a — versions n/a

CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on 2023-11-08. CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.

BOD 22-01 due date: 2023-11-29.

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or disable SLP service or port 427/UDP on all systems running on untrusted networks, including those directly connected to the Internet.

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Technical Description)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Product)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (US Government Resource)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-29552?: CVE-2023-29552 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netapp Smi-s_provider. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-04-25.
How severe is CVE-2023-29552?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-29552 known to be exploited?: Yes. CVE-2023-29552 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-11-08), indicating it is being actively exploited. 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.