CVE-2008-5081

Summary

CVECVE-2008-5081
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-17 02:30:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-29 01:32:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-399

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
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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Avahi < 0.6.24 (mDNS Daemon) Remote Denial of Service Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
USN-696-1: Avahi vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Milestone Avahi 0.6.24 - Avahi - Trac CONFIRM avahi.org
oss-security - Avahi daemon DoS (CVE-2008-5081) MLIST www.openwall.com
Ubuntu update for avahi - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Avahi: Denial of Service — Gentoo Linux Documentation GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Avahi Multicast DNS Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1690-1 avahi DEBIAN www.debian.org
Avahi Multicast DNS Denial Of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Debian update for avahi - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Gentoo update for avahi - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:003 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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