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CVE-2008-5081

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
Publication date:
17/12/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

The originates_from_local_legacy_unicast_socket function (avahi-core/server.c) in avahi-daemon in Avahi before 0.6.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mDNS packet with a source port of 0, which triggers an assertion failure.

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0.6.23 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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