Resource Management Errors Affecting avahi package, versions <0.6.23-3
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
95.38% (100th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-AVAHI-330477
- published 17 Dec 2008
- disclosed 17 Dec 2008
Introduced: 17 Dec 2008
CVE-2008-5081 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9
avahi
to version 0.6.23-3 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream avahi
package and not the avahi
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:9
relevant fixed versions and status.
The originates_from_local_legacy_unicast_socket function (avahi-core/server.c) in avahi-daemon in Avahi before 0.6.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mDNS packet with a source port of 0, which triggers an assertion failure.