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CVE-2023-38471

Reachable assertion in dbus_set_host_name

Published: Nov 2, 2023Updated: Nov 3, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-617
NVD MITRE
6.2CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 77.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the dbus_set_host_name function.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-617

Affected Products

avahin/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
red hatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38471
access.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2191691
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://github.com/avahi/avahi/issues/453
github.com
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Timeline

Published
Nov 2, 2023
Last Updated
Nov 3, 2025

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