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CVE-2025-68276 (GCVE-0-2025-68276)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-12 17:31 – Updated: 2026-01-12 18:41
VLAI
Title
Avahi has a reachable assertion in avahi_wide_area_scan_cache
Summary
Avahi is a system which facilitates service discovery on a local network via the mDNS/DNS-SD protocol suite. In 0.9-rc2 and earlier, an unprivileged local users can crash avahi-daemon (with wide-area disabled) by creating record browsers with the AVAHI_LOOKUP_USE_WIDE_AREA flag set via D-Bus. This can be done by either calling the RecordBrowserNew method directly or creating hostname/address/service resolvers/browsers that create those browsers internally themselves.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-01-12 18:41 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
avahi avahi Affected: <= 0.9-rc2
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