Authentication Bypass Affecting lathiat/avahi package, versions [,0.6.15)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LATHIATAVAHI-2365877
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed14 Nov 2006
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 Nov 2006

CVE-2006-5461  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade lathiat/avahi to version 0.6.15 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass. Avahi before 0.6.15 does not verify the sender identity of netlink messages to ensure that they come from the kernel instead of another process, which allows local users to spoof network changes to Avahi.

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