CVE-2023-1981 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Avahi

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption9 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.61%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
AvahiFedoraproject FedoraRedhat Enterprise Linux
Timeline
PublishedMay 26
Latest updateJul 25

Description

A vulnerability was found in the avahi library. This flaw allows an unprivileged user to make a dbus call, causing the avahi daemon to crash.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debianavahi/avahi< 0.8-5+deb11u3+3
▶CVEListV5avahi/avahiavahi-0.7-20
▶NVDavahi/avahi0.7-20

Also affects: Fedora 37, Enterprise Linux 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
CVE-2023-1981: A vulnerability was found in the avahi library↗2023-05-26
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CVEList
CVE-2023-1981: A vulnerability was found in the avahi library↗2023-05-26
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GHSA
GHSA-55h6-xcvg-4r99: A vulnerability was found in the avahi library↗2023-05-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Avahi vulnerability↗2023-07-25
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Ubuntu
Avahi vulnerability↗2023-06-01
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Microsoft
A vulnerability was found in the avahi library. This flaw allows an unprivileged user to make a dbus call causing the avahi daemon to crash.↗2023-05-09
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Debian
CVE-2023-1981: avahi - A vulnerability was found in the avahi library. This flaw allows an unprivileged...↗2023
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Red Hat
avahi: avahi-daemon can be crashed via DBus↗2022-04-26
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