CVE-2006-6870

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

This vulnerability is addressed in the following product release: Avahi, Avahi, 0.6.16

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.

This vulnerability is addressed in the following product release: Avahi, Avahi, 0.6.16

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Avahi

First reported 18 years ago

2006-12-31 05:00:00

Last updated 13 years ago

2011-03-08 02:47:00

Affected Software

Avahi 0.6.7

0.6.7

Avahi 0.6.8

0.6.8

Avahi 0.6.9

0.6.9

Avahi 0.6.10

0.6.10

Avahi 0.6.11

0.6.11

Avahi 0.6.12

0.6.12

Avahi 0.6.13

0.6.13

Avahi 0.6.14

0.6.14

Avahi 0.6.15

0.6.15

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