Resource Exhaustion Affecting avahi package, versions <0.8-10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-AVAHI-5425847
  • published18 Apr 2023
  • disclosed26 May 2023

Introduced: 18 Apr 2023

CVE-2023-1981  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable avahi to version 0.8-10 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found in the avahi library. This flaw allows an unprivileged user to make a dbus call, causing the avahi daemon to crash.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1