Improper Input Validation Affecting avahi package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-AVAHI-10075161
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed2 Nov 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 2 Nov 2023

CVE-2023-38470  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation due to the avahi_escape_label() function. An attacker can cause the system to reach an assertion state by providing improper input.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1