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CVE-2011-1002

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: Feb 22, 2011 | Modified: Apr 11, 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-2011-1002
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/835.html

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.

Weakness

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
AvahiAvahi*0.6.28 (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)
AvahiAvahi0.6.23 (including)0.6.23 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.6.24 (including)0.6.24 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.6.25 (including)0.6.25 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.6.26 (including)0.6.26 (including)
AvahiAvahi0.6.27 (including)0.6.27 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatavahi-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatavahi-0:0.6.25-11.el6*
AvahiUbuntudapper*
AvahiUbuntuhardy*
AvahiUbuntukarmic*
AvahiUbuntulucid*
AvahiUbuntumaverick*
AvahiUbuntuupstream*

References

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