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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-2244.
- EPSS
- 29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 98% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-835
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- avahi:avahi
- canonical:ubuntu_linux
- debian:debian_linux
- fedoraproject:fedora
- redhat:enterprise_linux
References
- http://avahi.org/ticket/325
- http://git.0pointer.de/?p=avahi.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=46109dfec75534fe270c0ab902576f685d5ab3a6
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055858.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/18/1