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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 (…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
AvahiAvahi
through 0.6.28
Versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5
FedoraprojectFedora
Version 15
RedhatEnterprise Linux
Versions 5.0, 6.0
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 8.04, 9.10, 10.04, 10.10
DebianDebian Linux
Versions 5.0, 6.0, 7.0

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