CVE-2006-5461

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-5461
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-14 22:07:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-03 21:45:00 UTC
DescriptionAvahi before 0.6.15 does not verify the sender identity of netlink messages to ensure that they come from the kernel instead of another process, which allows local users to spoof network changes to Avahi.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Avahi Avahi All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Milestone Avahi 0.6.15 - Avahi - Trac CONFIRM avahi.org
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Avahi: "netlink" message vulnerability GENTOO www.gentoo.org
USN-380-1: Avahi vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Avahi Unauthorized Data Manipulation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Avahi Lets Remote Users Manipulate the Service By Spoofing Netlink Messages - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
Mandriva update for avahi - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Gentoo update for avahi - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
http://0pointer.net/ MLIST tango.0pointer.de
Ubuntu update for avahi - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Avahi "netlink" Message Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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