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CVE-2006-6870

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
31/12/2006
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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