Vulnerability in Avahi

CVE-2006-2289

Buffer overflow in avahi-core in Avahi before 0.6.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (38.4th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 38.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2006-2289: held from 0.005 to 0.005.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Avahi — versions 0.6.7, 0.6.8, 0.6.9

References