CVE-2011-1002

Medium

Description

avahi-core/socket.c in avahi-daemon in Avahi before 0.6.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an empty mDNS (1) IPv4 or (2) IPv6 UDP packet to port 5353. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-2244.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductAvahi
PublishedFeb 22, 2011
First seenFeb 22, 2011

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
avahi avahiv ≤ 0.6.28, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.5.1, 0.5.2, 0.6.1, 0.6.2, 0.6.3, 0.6.4, 0.6.5, 0.6.6, 0.6.7, 0.6.8, 0.6.9, 0.6.10, 0.6.11, 0.6.12, 0.6.13, 0.6.14, 0.6.15, 0.6.16, 0.6.17, 0.6.18, 0.6.19, 0.6.20, 0.6.21, 0.6.22, 0.6.23, 0.6.24, 0.6.25, 0.6.26, 0.6.27—
fedoraproject fedora15—
redhat enterprise_linux5.0, 6.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux8.04, 9.10, 10.04, 10.10—
debian debian_linux5.0, 6.0, 7.0—

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