CVE-2010-2244

avahi: assertion failure after receiving a packet with corrupted checksum

Published Jul 7, 2010 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 2.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2086-1 New avahi packages fix denial of service
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-2256 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-992-1 Avahi vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 2:25 AM
Reserved
Jun 9, 2010, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 8, 2010, 12:54 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:20 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jun 23, 2010, 12:00 AM