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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2011-1002

avahi-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.

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 29.4%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 29.4%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

avahi-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.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
29.36% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-835
Affected
avahi/avahi · fedoraproject/fedora · redhat/enterprise linux · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.