Resource Exhaustion Affecting avahi-glib-devel package, versions <0:0.8-15.el9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-AVAHIGLIBDEVEL-12331117
  • published1 Sept 2025
  • disclosed26 Apr 2022

Introduced: 26 Apr 2022

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 avahi-glib-devel to version 0:0.8-15.el9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:6707.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream avahi-glib-devel package and not the avahi-glib-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 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

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