CVE-2006-6870 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2006-6870
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Description: The consume_labels function in avahi-core/dns.c in Avahi before 0.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted compressed DNS response with a label that points to itself.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-402-1 SUSE http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html SAID Secunia Advisory: SA23628 Secunia Advisory: SA23660 Secunia Advisory: SA23673 Secunia Advisory: SA23644 Secunia Advisory: SA23782 Secunia Advisory: SA24995 MANDRIVA http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:003 FEDORA http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2408 http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2362 CONFIRM http://www.avahi.org/ticket/84 http://www.avahi.org/changeset/1340 http://www.avahi.org/#December2006 BID 21881

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