CVE-2008-5081
N/A
Published: December 17, 2008 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:59 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAvahi
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 59%
Description
The originates_from_local_legacy_unicast_socket function (avahi-core/server.c) in avahi-daemon in Avahi before 0.6.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mDNS packet with a source port of 0, which triggers an assertion failure.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (13)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-11.xmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1690Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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