Description
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.
Published: 2010-07-07
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2086-1 New avahi packages fix denial of service
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-2256 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-992-1 Avahi vulnerabilities
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Avahi Avahi
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T02:25:07.561Z

Reserved: 2010-06-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-2244

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-07-08T12:54:47.083

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-2244

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2010-06-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-2244 - Bugzilla

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