CVE-2006-5461
Avahi before 0.6.15 does not verify the sender identity of netlink messages to ensure that they come from the kernel instead of another process, which allows local users to spoof network changes to
02 Description
Avahi before 0.6.15 does not verify the sender identity of netlink messages to ensure that they come from the kernel instead of another process, which allows local users to spoof network changes to
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 35.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-11-14 22:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 19:48Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-10-23
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b07fae8bb85196b5edad21a0cc7b9d8c2ef74453a9673ad0995b7530ae36bd0f
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com22932http://secunia.com/advisories/22932
- secunia.com23042http://secunia.com/advisories/23042
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2006:026http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html
- secunia.com22852http://secunia.com/advisories/22852
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-380-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/380-1/
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-4474http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4474
- secunia.com23020http://secunia.com/advisories/23020
- secunia.com22807http://secunia.com/advisories/22807
- avahi.orghttp://avahi.org/milestone/Avahi%200.6.15
- securitytracker.com1017257http://securitytracker.com/id?1017257
- tango.0pointer.de[avahi-tickets] 20061106 [Avahi] #69: Avahi needs to check the originating process of netlink messageshttps://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/avahi-tickets/2006-November/000320.html
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:215http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:215
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comavahi-netlink-security-bypass(30207)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30207
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200611-13http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-13.xml
- www.securityfocus.com21016http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21016
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- avahi Fixed in 0.6.15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- avahi Fixed in 0.6.15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- avahi Fixed in 0.6.15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.