CVE-2021-3502
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-05-07 11:46
Modified
2024-08-03 16:53
Severity ?
Summary
A flaw was found in avahi 0.8-5. A reachable assertion is present in avahi_s_host_name_resolver_start function allowing a local attacker to crash the avahi service by requesting hostname resolutions through the avahi socket or dbus methods for invalid hostnames. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to the service availability.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1946914Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/lathiat/avahi/issues/338Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1946914Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/lathiat/avahi/issues/338Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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