CVE-2006-5461

Avahi before 0.6.15 does not verify the sender identity of netlink messages to ensure that they come from the kernel instead of another process, which allows local users to spoof network changes to Avahi.

Score

CVSS 2.0 2.1 Low

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2006-11-14

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Avahi (Avahi)

References

• http://avahi.org/milestone/Avahi%200.6.15
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22807
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22852
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22932
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23020
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23042
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017257
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-13.xml
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:215
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21016
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4474
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30207
• https://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/avahi-tickets/2006-November/000320.html
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/380-1/