CVE-2023-38473 - Reachable Assertion

Severity

55%

Complexity

18%

Confidentiality

60%

A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the avahi_alternative_host_name() function.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.5. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Demo Examples

Reachable Assertion

CWE-617

In the excerpt below, an AssertionError (an unchecked exception) is thrown if the user hasn't entered an email address in an HTML form.


               
assert email != null;

Overview

First reported 1 year ago

2023-11-02 16:15:00

Last updated 1 year ago

2023-11-09 17:46:00

Affected Software

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0

8.0

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38473

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2191694

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38473

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2191694

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

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