66038 : Avahi avahi-core/socket.c Multiple Function DNS Packet Remote DoS
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Disclosure Date
2010-06-23

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2010-2244" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : The AvahiDnsPacket function in avahi-core/socket.c in avahi-daemon in Avahi 0.6.16 and 0.6.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a DNS packet with an invalid checksum followed by a DNS packet with a valid checksum, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5081.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.6.26 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2010-2244 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 40470 40480 40584 40853 41660 46503
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://avahi.org/milestone/Avahi%200.6.26
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2010/msg00131.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=607293
Mail List Post: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043800.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043820.html
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127748459505200&w=2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/23/4
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201110-17.xml
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-992-1
RedHat RHSA: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0528.html

Tools & Filters

	52666

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-02-22 | Disagree? | There are 2 more: View All

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