Vulnerability in Avahi
CVE-2006-6870
The consume_labels function in avahi-core/dns.c in Avahi before 0.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted compressed DNS response with a label that points to itself.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.024 (83.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Avahi — versions 0.6.7, 0.6.8, 0.6.9
References
- secunia.com/advisories/23673 (third-party-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.avahi.org/ (Patch)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0071 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/23644 (third-party-advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.avahi.org/ticket/84 (Patch)
- fedoranews.org/cms/node/2362 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/23660 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/24995 (third-party-advisory)