CVE-2010-2244
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
02 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
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
- 2.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.9% 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
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2010-07-07 18:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 02:25Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-06-09
- 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
- 0ebf076944a6c37c1ab413219d8e129f9c1a653bb6e3927085ba7dc7f6a99546
05 Affected products
06 References
- marc.info[oss-security] 20100625 Re: CVE Request: avahi DoShttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127748459505200&w=2
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20100623 CVE Request: avahi DoShttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/23/4
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-10584http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043800.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=607293
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:204http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:204
- www.securitytracker.com1024200http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024200
- www.debian.orgDSA-2086http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2086
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-10581http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043820.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- avahi Fixed in 0.6.26-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- avahi Fixed in 0.6.26-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- avahi Fixed in 0.6.26-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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