Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting lathiat/avahi package, versions [,0.6.10)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LATHIATAVAHI-2365872
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed10 May 2006
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 May 2006

CVE-2006-2289  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade lathiat/avahi to version 0.6.10 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. Buffer overflow in avahi-core in Avahi before 0.6.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

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