GLSA 200901-11: Avahi: Denial of Service
| Severity: | normal |
| Title: | Avahi: Denial of Service |
| Date: | 01/14/2009 |
| Bugs: | |
| ID: | 200901-11 |
Synopsis
A Denial of Service vulnerability has been discovered in Avahi.Background
Avahi is a system that facilitates service discovery on a local network.
Affected packages
| Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| net-dns/avahi | < 0.6.24 | >= 0.6.24 | All supported architectures |
Description
Hugo Dias reported a failed assertion in the originates_from_local_legacy_unicast_socket() function in avahi-core/server.c when processing mDNS packets with a source port of 0.
Impact
A remote attacker could send specially crafted packets to the daemon, leading to its crash.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Avahi users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/avahi-0.6.24"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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