Avahi 0.6.16/0.6.25 AvahiDnsPacket denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Avahi 0.6.16/0.6.25. It has been declared as problematic. This issue affects the function AvahiDnsPacket. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2010-2244. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Avahi 0.6.16/0.6.25. Affected by this issue is the function AvahiDnsPacket. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

The AvahiDnsPacket function in avahi-core/socket.c in avahi-daemon in Avahi 0.6.16 and 0.6.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a DNS packet with an invalid checksum followed by a DNS packet with a valid checksum, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5081.

The weakness was presented 07/08/2010 as Bug 607293 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-2244. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 52664 (Fedora 15 : avahi-0.6.29-1.fc15 (2011-3033)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155640 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Avahi (ELSA-2010-0528)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (52664), SecurityFocus (BID 41075†), SecurityTracker (ID 1024200†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-26366†). See VDB-46943 for similar entry. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 52664
Nessus Name: Fedora 15 : avahi-0.6.29-1.fc15 (2011-3033)
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OpenVAS ID: 67842
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2086-1 (avahi)
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 607293
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-2244 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2244
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53948

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SecurityFocus: 41075 - Avahi 'avahi-core/socket.c' Zero Size Packet Denial Of Service Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1024200
Vulnerability Center: 26366 - Avahi 0.6.16 and 0.6.25 Remote DoS Vulnerability via Crafted DNS Packets, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 07/31/2024 01:11
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (61), 02/28/2017 12:27 (9), 09/20/2021 09:46 (4), 09/20/2021 09:47 (1), 07/31/2024 01:11 (16)
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