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Avahi Multicast DNS Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA33153
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Release Date:
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2008-12-15
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Popularity:
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1,393 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Avahi 0.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Avahi, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing multicast DNS (mDNS) data and can be exploited to terminate the application via an UDP packet having a source port equal to zero.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 0.6.24.
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