CVE-2006-5461
N/A
Published: November 14, 2006 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:31 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAvahi
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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 Avahi.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (15)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22807Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22852Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-13.xmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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