CVE-2008-5081

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• Avahi < 0.6.24 - mDNS Daemon Remote Denial of Service2008-12-19 · dos · multiple · Verified

Impact

The originates_from_local_legacy_unicast_socket function (avahi-core/server.c) in avahi-daemon in Avahi before 0.6.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mDNS packet with a source port of 0, which triggers an assertion failure.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://avahi.org/milestone/Avahi%200.6.24
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33153
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33220
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33279
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33475
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-11.xml
• http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1690
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/14/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32825
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-696-1
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9987
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7520
• http://avahi.org/milestone/Avahi%200.6.24
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33153
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33220
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33279
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33475
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-11.xml
• http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1690
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/14/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32825
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-696-1
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9987