CVE-2009-0758

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-0758
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-03-03 16:30:00 UTC
Updated2010-08-12 14:13:00 UTC
DescriptionThe originates_from_local_legacy_unicast_socket function in avahi-core/server.c in avahi-daemon 0.6.23 does not account for the network byte order of a port number when processing incoming multicast packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (network bandwidth and CPU consumption) via a crafted legacy unicast mDNS query packet that triggers a multicast packet storm.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Avahi Avahi-daemon 0.6.23 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi-daemon 0.6.23 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2086-1 avahi DEBIAN www.debian.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:002 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
#517683 - avahi-daemon: reflector creates packet storm on legacy unicast traffic - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org
Avahi 'avahi-core/server.c' Multicast DNS Denial Of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:076 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
oss-security - CVE id request: avahi MLIST www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2010-07-13Tomas HogerThis issue has been addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0528.html.
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