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CVE-2008-5081

Published: Dec 17, 2008 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
3.3 MODERATE
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5081
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html

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 Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
AvahiAvahi*0.6.23 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.1 (including)0.1 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.2 (including)0.2 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.3 (including)0.3 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.4 (including)0.4 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.5 (including)0.5 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.5.1 (including)0.5.1 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.5.2 (including)0.5.2 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.6.1 (including)0.6.1 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.6.2 (including)0.6.2 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.6.3 (including)0.6.3 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.6.4 (including)0.6.4 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.6.5 (including)0.6.5 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.6.6 (including)0.6.6 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.6.7 (including)0.6.7 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.6.8 (including)0.6.8 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.6.9 (including)0.6.9 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.6.10 (including)0.6.10 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.6.11 (including)0.6.11 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.6.12 (including)0.6.12 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.6.13 (including)0.6.13 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.6.14 (including)0.6.14 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.6.15 (including)0.6.15 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.6.16 (including)0.6.16 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.6.17 (including)0.6.17 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.6.18 (including)0.6.18 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.6.19 (including)0.6.19 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.6.20 (including)0.6.20 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.6.21 (including)0.6.21 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.6.22 (including)0.6.22 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatavahi-0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1*
AvahiUbuntudapper*
AvahiUbuntudevel*
AvahiUbuntugutsy*
AvahiUbuntuhardy*
AvahiUbuntuintrepid*
AvahiUbuntuupstream*

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