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CVE-2010-2244 json

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…

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-2256

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • avahi Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.6.26-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2244

  • avahi RHEL 5 0.6.16-9.el5_5
  • avahi-qt3 RHEL 5 0.6.16-9.el5_5
  • avahi-glib RHEL 5 0.6.16-9.el5_5
  • avahi-tools RHEL 5 0.6.16-9.el5_5
  • avahi-compat-howl RHEL 5 0.6.16-9.el5_5
  • avahi-compat-libdns_sd RHEL 5 0.6.16-9.el5_5

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0528

  • avahi openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.6.32-2.3

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10363-1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2010-2244 updated cvss 3.3

avahi: assertion failure after receiving a packet with corrupted checksum

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) avahi 0.6.16-9.el5_5, avahi-qt3 0.6.16-9.el5_5, avahi-glib 0.6.16-9.el5_5, avahi-tools 0.6.16-9.el5_5, avahi-compat-howl 0.6.16-9.el5_5, avahi-compat-libdns_sd 0.6.16-9.el5_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) avahi 0.6.16-9.el5_5, avahi-qt3 0.6.16-9.el5_5, avahi-glib 0.6.16-9.el5_5, avahi-tools 0.6.16-9.el5_5, avahi-compat-howl 0.6.16-9.el5_5, avahi-compat-libdns_sd 0.6.16-9.el5_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) avahi 0.6.16-9.el5_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0528
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 avahi, avahi-ui, avahi-qt3, avahi-qt4, avahi-glib, avahi-libs, +7 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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