CVE-2006-2289 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in avahi-core in Avahi before 0.6.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Published: 2006-05-09

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.9:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-2290	Buffer overflow in avahi-core in Avahi before 0.6.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00119.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://0pointer.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/%2Acheckout%2A/trunk/docs/NEWS?root=avahi
http://secunia.com/advisories/20022
http://secunia.com/advisories/20215
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_19.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17884
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26331

History

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Subscriptions

Avahi Avahi

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-05-09T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:43:29.085Z

Reserved: 2006-05-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-2289

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-05-10T02:14:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-2289

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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