CVE-2008-5081

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5081
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-17 02:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Avahi Avahi 0.1 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.2 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.3 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.4 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.5 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.5.1 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.5.2 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.1 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.10 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.11 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.12 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.13 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.14 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.15 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.16 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.17 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.18 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.19 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.2 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.20 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.21 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.22 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.3 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.4 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.5 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.6 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.7 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.8 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.9 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1690-1 avahi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
USN-696-1: Avahi vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:003 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
oss-security - Avahi daemon DoS (CVE-2008-5081) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Avahi Multicast DNS Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Avahi Multicast DNS Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo update for avahi - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Milestone Avahi 0.6.24 - Avahi - Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 avahi.org
Debian update for avahi - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Ubuntu update for avahi - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Avahi < 0.6.24 (mDNS Daemon) Remote Denial of Service Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Avahi: Denial of Service — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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