CVE-2023-1981
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 26, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:29 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsFedoraEnterprise LinuxAvahi
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (4)
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2185911ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/lathiat/avahi/issues/375Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00011.htmlSSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
5.5MEDIUMCISA-ADP
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400
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