CVE-2023-1981

Summary

CVECVE-2023-1981
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-05-26 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-06-02 19:06:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability was found in the avahi library. This flaw allows an unprivileged user to make a dbus call, causing the avahi daemon to crash.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Avahi Avahi 0.7-20 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 37 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 9.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
avahi-daemon can be crashed via DBus · Issue #375 · lathiat/avahi · GitHub MISC github.com
2185911 – (CVE-2023-1981) CVE-2023-1981 avahi: avahi-daemon can be crashed via DBus MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
cve-details MISC access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 161082 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for avahi (ELSA-2023-6707)
  • 161179 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for avahi (ELSA-2023-7190)
  • 181764 Debian Security Update for avahi (DLA 3414-1)
  • 182541 Debian Security Update for avahi (CVE-2023-1981)
  • 199388 Ubuntu Security Notification for Avahi Vulnerability (USN-6129-1)
  • 199603 Ubuntu Security Notification for Avahi Vulnerability (USN-6129-2)
  • 242395 Red Hat Update for avahi (RHSA-2023:6707)
  • 242453 Red Hat Update for avahi (RHSA-2023:7190)
  • 284183 Fedora Security Update for avahi (FEDORA-2023-16a1a6ec81)
  • 355700 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for avahi : ALAS2-2023-2161
  • 379643 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for avahi (ALINUX3-SA-2024:0035)
  • 510759 Alpine Linux Security Update for avahi
  • 673184 EulerOS Security Update for avahi (EulerOS-SA-2023-2306)
  • 673188 EulerOS Security Update for avahi (EulerOS-SA-2023-2326)
  • 673223 EulerOS Security Update for avahi (EulerOS-SA-2023-2346)
  • 673256 EulerOS Security Update for avahi (EulerOS-SA-2023-2372)
  • 673717 EulerOS Security Update for avahi (EulerOS-SA-2023-2632)
  • 673880 EulerOS Security Update for avahi (EulerOS-SA-2023-2674)
  • 753936 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for avahi (SUSE-SU-2023:1956-1)
  • 753940 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for avahi (SUSE-SU-2023:1993-1)
  • 941371 AlmaLinux Security Update for avahi (ALSA-2023:6707)
  • 941430 AlmaLinux Security Update for avahi (ALSA-2023:7190)
  • 961078 Rocky Linux Security Update for avahi (RLSA-2023:7190)
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