CVE-2005-0769

Multiple buffer overflows in OpenSLP before 1.1.5 allow remote attackers to have an unknown impact via malformed SLP packets.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-0769 is rated Moderate Risk (61.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.91%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.03% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0769

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 2.88% 3.91% +1.03%
2 2025-03-29 3.91% 2.88% -1.03%
3 2025-03-23 3.91%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0769

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0769

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0769

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2005-0769: 1 GLSA(s) (200503-25), 1 atom(s) (net-libs/openslp); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-0769
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-0769 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (openslp), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-0769

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0769

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openslp openslp 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:openslp:openslp:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openslp openslp 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:openslp:openslp:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openslp openslp 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:openslp:openslp:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openslp openslp 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:openslp:openslp:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openslp openslp 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:openslp:openslp:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openslp openslp 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:openslp:openslp:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openslp openslp 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:openslp:openslp:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openslp openslp 1.0.8_a cpe:2.3:a:openslp:openslp:1.0.8_a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openslp openslp 1.0.9_a cpe:2.3:a:openslp:openslp:1.0.9_a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openslp openslp 1.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:openslp:openslp:1.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openslp openslp 1.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:openslp:openslp:1.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openslp openslp 1.0_.0 cpe:2.3:a:openslp:openslp:1.0_.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openslp openslp 1.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:openslp:openslp:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openslp openslp 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:openslp:openslp:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openslp openslp 1.2_.0 cpe:2.3:a:openslp:openslp:1.2_.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0769

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