CVE-2006-5461

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-5461
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-14 22:07:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Avahi Avahi All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Avahi "netlink" Message Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Avahi Lets Remote Users Manipulate the Service By Spoofing Netlink Messages - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Gentoo update for avahi - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Milestone Avahi 0.6.15 - Avahi - Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 avahi.org
Ubuntu update for avahi - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Avahi: "netlink" message vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
http://0pointer.net/ af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tango.0pointer.de
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Mandriva update for avahi - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-380-1: Avahi vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
Avahi Unauthorized Data Manipulation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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