Avahi Compressed DNS Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:21881

Info

Avahi Compressed DNS Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 21881
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2006-6870
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 05 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 20 2007 09:30PM
Credit: The vendor disclosed this issue.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS amd64
SuSE Linux 10.1
Redhat Fedora Core6
Redhat Fedora Core5
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0
Avahi Avahi 0.6.15
Avahi Avahi 0.6.13
Avahi Avahi 0.6.11
Avahi Avahi 0.6.10
Avahi Avahi 0.6.9
Avahi Avahi 0.6.8
Avahi Avahi 0.6.7
Not Vulnerable: Avahi Avahi 0.6.16

Discussion

Avahi Compressed DNS Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Avahi is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

A remote attacker may exploit this issue to cause the application to crash, denying further service to legitimate users.

Versions prior to 0.6.16 are vulnerable to this issue.

Exploit / POC

Avahi Compressed DNS Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for these issues. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: mailto:[email protected]

Solution / Fix

Avahi Compressed DNS Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released version 0.6.16 to address this issue. Please see the references for details.


Avahi Avahi 0.6.10

Avahi Avahi 0.6.11

Avahi Avahi 0.6.13

Avahi Avahi 0.6.15

Avahi Avahi 0.6.7

Avahi Avahi 0.6.8

Avahi Avahi 0.6.9

References

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