CVE-2019-5544
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.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 9.8 Critical
- Status
- Analyzed - security@vmware.com
- Published
- 2019-12-06
- Last modified
- 2025-10-21
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- since 2021-11-03, action due 2022-05-03: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Affected products
- Fedora (Fedoraproject)
- Openslp (Openslp)
- Enterprise Linux Desktop (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems Eus (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian Eus (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Server (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Server Aus (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Server Eus (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Server Tus (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Workstation (Redhat)
- Esxi (Vmware)
- Horizon Daas (Vmware)
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/10/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/11/2
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0022.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4240
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0199
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DA3LYAJ2NRKMOZLZOQNDJ5…
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZPXXJZLPLAQULBCJVI5NNW…
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-12
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-5544
