Description
A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the dbus_set_host_name function.
Published: 2023-11-02
Score: 6.2 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3990-1 avahi security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-42287 A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the dbus_set_host_name function.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6487-1 Avahi vulnerabilities
History

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 03:15:00 +0000

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Avahi Avahi
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Eus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T21:49:08.851Z

Reserved: 2023-07-18T09:48:04.753Z

Link: CVE-2023-38471

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T21:49:08.851Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-02T15:15:08.300

Modified: 2025-11-03T22:16:24.313

Link: CVE-2023-38471

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-04-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-38471 - Bugzilla

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