QID 242623

Date Published: 2023-12-18

QID 242623: Red Hat Update for avahi (RHSA-2023:7836)

Avahi is an implementation of the dns service discovery and multicast dns specifications for zero configuration networking.
It facilitates service discovery on a local network.
Avahi and avahi-aware applications allow you to plug your computer into a network and, with no configuration, view other people to chat with, view printers to print with, and find shared files on other computers...Security Fix(es):

    avahi: local dos by event-busy-loop from writing long lines to /run/avahi-daemon/socket (cve-2021-3468).
    Avahi: reachable assertion in avahi_dns_packet_append_record (cve-2023-38469).
    Avahi: reachable assertion in avahi_escape_label (cve-2023-38470).
    Avahi: reachable assertion in dbus_set_host_name (cve-2023-38471).
    Avahi: reachable assertion in avahi_rdata_parse (cve-2023-38472).
    Avahi: reachable assertion in avahi_alternative_host_name (cve-2023-38473).
Affected Products:
    Red Hat enterprise linux for x86_64 8 x86_64.
    Red hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems 8 s390x.
    Red hat enterprise linux for power, little endian 8 ppc64le.
    Red hat enterprise linux for arm 64 8 aarch64.
    Red hat codeready linux builder for x86_64 8 x86_64.
    Red hat codeready linux builder for power, little endian 8 ppc64le.
    Red hat codeready linux builder for arm 64 8 aarch64.
    Red hat codeready linux builder for ibm z systems 8 s390x.
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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Low - 2.1 severity.
    • Solution
    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2023:7836 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 242623

    CVE-2023-38473 | CVE-2021-3468 | CVE-2023-38469 | CVE-2023-38470 | CVE-2023-38471 | CVE-2023-38472 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2023:7836 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7836
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