CVE-2010-2244

Summary

CVECVE-2010-2244
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-07-08 12:54:00 UTC
Updated2011-03-07 05:00:00 UTC
DescriptionThe AvahiDnsPacket function in avahi-core/socket.c in avahi-daemon in Avahi 0.6.16 and 0.6.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a DNS packet with an invalid checksum followed by a DNS packet with a valid checksum, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5081.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.16 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.25 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.16 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.25 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2086-1 avahi DEBIAN www.debian.org
oss-security - CVE Request: avahi DoS MLIST www.openwall.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:204 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: avahi-0.6.25-7.fc13 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Avahi Multicast DNS Packet Processing Error in AvahiDnsPacket() Lets Remote Users Deny Service SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
'Re: [oss-security] CVE Request: avahi DoS' - MARC MLIST marc.info
Bug 607293 – CVE-2010-2244 avahi: assertion failure after receiving a packet with corrupted checksum CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: avahi-0.6.25-7.fc12 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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