CVE-2006-5461
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 14, 2006
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 23, 2006
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 22932third-party-advisory
- 23042third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2006:026vendor-advisory
- 22852third-party-advisory
- USN-380-1vendor-advisory
- ADV-2006-4474vdb-entry
- 23020third-party-advisory
- 22807third-party-advisory
- http://avahi.org/milestone/Avahi%200.6.15
- 1017257vdb-entry
- [avahi-tickets] 20061106 [Avahi] #69: Avahi needs to check the originating process of netlink messagesmailing-list
- MDKSA-2006:215vendor-advisory
- avahi-netlink-security-bypass(30207)vdb-entry
- GLSA-200611-13vendor-advisory
- 21016vdb-entry
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