CVE-2010-2244

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.3 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2010-07-08

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Avahi (Avahi)

References

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043800.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043820.html
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127748459505200&w=2
• http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2086
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:204
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/23/4
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024200
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=607293