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ID CVE-2010-2244
Summary The AvahiDnsPacket function in avahi-core/socket.c in avahi-daemon in Avahi 0.6.16 and 0.6.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a DNS packet with an invalid checksum followed by a DNS packet with a valid checksum, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5081.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 4.3 (as of 07-03-2011 - 05:00)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE NVD-CWE-Other
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK MEDIUM NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
NONE NONE PARTIAL
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
redhat via4
advisories
bugzilla
id 607293
title CVE-2010-2244 avahi: assertion failure after receiving a packet with corrupted checksum
oval
OR
  • comment Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
    oval oval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304026
  • AND
    • comment Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is installed
      oval oval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070331005
    • OR
      • AND
        • comment avahi is earlier than 0:0.6.16-9.el5_5
          oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20100528001
        • comment avahi is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
          oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20090013002
      • AND
        • comment avahi-compat-howl is earlier than 0:0.6.16-9.el5_5
          oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20100528003
        • comment avahi-compat-howl is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
          oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20090013004
      • AND
        • comment avahi-compat-howl-devel is earlier than 0:0.6.16-9.el5_5
          oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20100528005
        • comment avahi-compat-howl-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
          oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20090013006
      • AND
        • comment avahi-compat-libdns_sd is earlier than 0:0.6.16-9.el5_5
          oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20100528007
        • comment avahi-compat-libdns_sd is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
          oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20090013008
      • AND
        • comment avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel is earlier than 0:0.6.16-9.el5_5
          oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20100528009
        • comment avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
          oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20090013010
      • AND
        • comment avahi-devel is earlier than 0:0.6.16-9.el5_5
          oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20100528011
        • comment avahi-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
          oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20090013012
      • AND
        • comment avahi-glib is earlier than 0:0.6.16-9.el5_5
          oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20100528013
        • comment avahi-glib is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
          oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20090013014
      • AND
        • comment avahi-glib-devel is earlier than 0:0.6.16-9.el5_5
          oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20100528015
        • comment avahi-glib-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
          oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20090013016
      • AND
        • comment avahi-qt3 is earlier than 0:0.6.16-9.el5_5
          oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20100528017
        • comment avahi-qt3 is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
          oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20090013018
      • AND
        • comment avahi-qt3-devel is earlier than 0:0.6.16-9.el5_5
          oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20100528019
        • comment avahi-qt3-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
          oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20090013020
      • AND
        • comment avahi-tools is earlier than 0:0.6.16-9.el5_5
          oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20100528021
        • comment avahi-tools is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
          oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20090013022
rhsa
id RHSA-2010:0528
released 2010-07-13
severity Moderate
title RHSA-2010:0528: avahi security update (Moderate)
rpms
  • avahi-0:0.6.16-9.el5_5
  • avahi-compat-howl-0:0.6.16-9.el5_5
  • avahi-compat-howl-devel-0:0.6.16-9.el5_5
  • avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0:0.6.16-9.el5_5
  • avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel-0:0.6.16-9.el5_5
  • avahi-debuginfo-0:0.6.16-9.el5_5
  • avahi-devel-0:0.6.16-9.el5_5
  • avahi-glib-0:0.6.16-9.el5_5
  • avahi-glib-devel-0:0.6.16-9.el5_5
  • avahi-qt3-0:0.6.16-9.el5_5
  • avahi-qt3-devel-0:0.6.16-9.el5_5
  • avahi-tools-0:0.6.16-9.el5_5
refmap via4
confirm https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=607293
debian DSA-2086
fedora
  • FEDORA-2010-10581
  • FEDORA-2010-10584
mandriva MDVSA-2010:204
mlist
  • [oss-security] 20100623 CVE Request: avahi DoS
  • [oss-security] 20100625 Re: CVE Request: avahi DoS
sectrack 1024200
Last major update 07-03-2011 - 05:00
Published 08-07-2010 - 12:54
Last modified 07-03-2011 - 05:00
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