Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting avahi-libs package, versions <0:0.7-21.el8_9.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-AVAHILIBS-6146778
  • published9 Jan 2024
  • disclosed2 Jun 2021

Introduced: 2 Jun 2021

CVE-2021-3468  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 avahi-libs to version 0:0.7-21.el8_9.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2023:7836.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream avahi-libs package and not the avahi-libs package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in avahi in versions 0.6 up to 0.8. The event used to signal the termination of the client connection on the avahi Unix socket is not correctly handled in the client_work function, allowing a local attacker to trigger an infinite loop. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to the availability of the avahi service, which becomes unresponsive after this flaw is triggered.

CVSS Scores

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