Vulnerability in Avahi
CVE-2011-1002
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…
EPSS: 0.577 (98.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Avahi — versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 8.04, 9.10, 10.04
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 5.0, 6.0, 7.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 15
- Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 5.0, 6.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- RHSA-2011:0779 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- avahi-udp-packet-dos(65525) (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- [oss-security] 20110222 Re: [oss-security] CVE request: avahi daemon remote denial of service by sending NULL UDP (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- RHSA-2011:0436 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- ADV-2011-0511 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, Broken Link)
- [oss-security] 20110218 CVE request: avahi daemon remote denial of service by sending NULL UDP (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- 43605 (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- 43465 (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- 43673 (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- ADV-2011-0601 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, Broken Link)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2011-1002?
- CVE-2011-1002 is a vulnerability in Avahi, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). Published 2011-02-22.
- Is CVE-2011-1002 known to be exploited?
- 21 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.