CVE-2008-5081

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

The originates_from_local_legacy_unicast_socket function (avahi-core/server.c) in avahi-daemon in Avahi before 0.6.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mDNS packet with a source port of 0, which triggers an assertion failure.

The originates_from_local_legacy_unicast_socket function (avahi-core/server.c) in avahi-daemon in Avahi before 0.6.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mDNS packet with a source port of 0, which triggers an assertion failure.

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 16 years ago

2008-12-17 02:30:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-09-29 01:32:00

Affected Software

Avahi 0.1

0.1

Avahi 0.2

0.2

Avahi 0.3

0.3

Avahi 0.4

0.4

Avahi 0.5

0.5

Avahi 0.5.1

0.5.1

Avahi 0.5.2

0.5.2

Avahi 0.6.1

0.6.1

Avahi 0.6.2

0.6.2

Avahi 0.6.3

0.6.3

Avahi 0.6.4

0.6.4

Avahi 0.6.5

0.6.5

Avahi 0.6.6

0.6.6

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

Avahi 0.6.16

0.6.16

Avahi 0.6.17

0.6.17

Avahi 0.6.18

0.6.18

Avahi 0.6.19

0.6.19

Avahi 0.6.20

0.6.20

Avahi 0.6.21

0.6.21

Avahi 0.6.22

0.6.22

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