Denial of Service (DoS) Affecting lathiat/avahi package, versions [,0.6.16)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.37% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LATHIATAVAHI-2365880
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed31 Dec 2006
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Dec 2006

CVE-2006-6870  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade lathiat/avahi to version 0.6.16 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). The consume_labels function in avahi-core/dns.c in Avahi before 0.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted compressed DNS response with a label that points to itself.

CVSS Base Scores

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