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Avahi Denial of Service Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with Avahi and is prone to Denial of Service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
This flaw is caused when processing multicast DNS data which causes the application to crash.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Avahi version prior to 0.6.24 on all Linux platforms.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to the latest version 0.6.24 or later.