Description
A flaw was found in avahi in versions 0.6 up to 0.8. The event used to signal the termination of the client connection on the avahi Unix socket is not correctly handled in the client_work function, allowing a local attacker to trigger an infinite loop. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to the availability of the avahi service, which becomes unresponsive after this flaw is triggered.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:LAttack VectorLocal
AC:LAttack ComplexityLow
PR:LPrivileges RequiredLow
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentialityNone
I:NIntegrityNone
A:HAvailabilityHigh
Weaknesses
Affected Products
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
АО «НТЦ ИТ РОСА»
commercial·RU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
The Avahi Project
oss-projectaka avahi
АО «НППКТ»
commercial·RU
АО «Концерн ВНИИНС»
commercial·RUaka ao konsern vniins
and 4 more affected products View all →
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique Impact
References
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939614
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00009.html
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00028.html
lists.debian.org
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