Description
A vulnerability was found in the avahi library. This flaw allows an unprivileged user to make a dbus call, causing the avahi daemon to crash.
Published: 2023-05-26
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3414-1 avahi security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3990-1 avahi security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-24161 A vulnerability was found in the avahi library. This flaw allows an unprivileged user to make a dbus call, causing the avahi daemon to crash.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6129-1 Avahi vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6129-2 Avahi vulnerability
History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 22:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Avahi Avahi
Fedoraproject Fedora
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T21:47:06.552Z

Reserved: 2023-04-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-1981

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T21:47:06.552Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-26T18:15:11.277

Modified: 2025-11-03T22:16:03.757

Link: CVE-2023-1981

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-04-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-1981 - Bugzilla

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