CVE-2011-1002

Summary

CVECVE-2011-1002
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-02-22 19:00:00 UTC
Updated2023-12-22 18:19:00 UTC
Descriptionavahi-core/socket.c in avahi-daemon in Avahi before 0.6.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an empty mDNS (1) IPv4 or (2) IPv6 UDP packet to port 5353. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-2244.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

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 0.6.23 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.24 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.25 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.26 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.27 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 0.6.23 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.24 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.25 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.26 All All All
Application Avahi Avahi 0.6.27 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
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 15 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat update for avahi - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: avahi daemon remote denial of service by sending NULL UDP MLIST www.openwall.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Security Advisories | Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Bug 667187 – CVE-2011-1002 avahi: daemon infinite loop triggered by an empty UDP packet (CVE-2010-2244 fix regression) CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
git.0pointer.de Git - avahi.git/commit MISC git.0pointer.de
#325 (Null UDP packet causes DOS) – Avahi CONFIRM avahi.org
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2174-1 avahi DEBIAN www.debian.org
SUSE update for avahi - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
git.0pointer.de Git - avahi.git/commit CONFIRM git.0pointer.de Patch
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: avahi-0.6.29-1.fc15 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Re: CVE request: avahi daemon remote denial of service by sending NULL UDP MLIST openwall.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Avahi 'avahi-core/socket.c' NULL UDP Packet Denial Of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Avahi Empty UDP Packet Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Ubuntu update for avahi - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2011-1002 MISC access.redhat.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:040 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
CVE-2011-1002: Avahi Daemon Remote Denial of Service « xorl %eax, %eax MISC xorl.wordpress.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
oss-security - CVE request: avahi daemon remote denial of service by sending NULL UDP MLIST openwall.com
70948 OSVDB osvdb.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Debian update for avahi - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
USN-1084-1: avahi vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU ubuntu.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2011:005 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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