CVE-2023-38473

Summary

CVECVE-2023-38473
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-11-02 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-09 17:46:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the avahi_alternative_host_name() function.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-617

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Avahi Avahi All 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
cve-details MISC access.redhat.com
2191694 – (CVE-2023-38473) CVE-2023-38473 avahi: Reachable assertion in avahi_alternative_host_name MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 161245 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for avahi (ELSA-2023-7836)
  • 199923 Ubuntu Security Notification for Avahi Vulnerabilities (USN-6487-1)
  • 242623 Red Hat Update for avahi (RHSA-2023:7836)
  • 242747 Red Hat Update for avahi (RHSA-2024:0418)
  • 242797 Red Hat Update for avahi (RHSA-2024:0576)
  • 356789 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for avahi : ALAS2023-2023-455
  • 379643 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for avahi (ALINUX3-SA-2024:0035)
  • 510759 Alpine Linux Security Update for avahi
  • 673450 EulerOS Security Update for avahi (EulerOS-SA-2024-1116)
  • 673670 EulerOS Security Update for avahi (EulerOS-SA-2024-1191)
  • 673677 EulerOS Security Update for avahi (EulerOS-SA-2024-1053)
  • 673925 EulerOS Security Update for avahi (EulerOS-SA-2024-1077)
  • 673985 EulerOS Security Update for avahi (EulerOS-SA-2024-1171)
  • 673999 EulerOS Security Update for avahi (EulerOS-SA-2024-1101)
  • 755297 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for avahi (SUSE-SU-2023:4499-1)
  • 755306 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for avahi (SUSE-SU-2023:4503-1)
  • 755489 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for avahi (SUSE-SU-2023:4910-1)
  • 755490 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for avahi (SUSE-SU-2023:4910-1)
  • 755491 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for avahi (SUSE-SU-2023:4910-1)
  • 941504 AlmaLinux Security Update for avahi (ALSA-2023:7836)
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