CVE-2009-0758
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Mar 3, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 3, 2009
Description
The originates_from_local_legacy_unicast_socket function in avahi-core/server.c in avahi-daemon 0.6.23 does not account for the network byte order of a port number when processing incoming multicast packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (network bandwidth and CPU consumption) via a crafted legacy unicast mDNS query packet that triggers a multicast packet storm.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- [oss-security] 20090302 CVE id request: avahimailing-list
- MDVSA-2009:076vendor-advisory
- DSA-2086vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2010:002vendor-advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=517683
- 33946vdb-entry
- 38420third-party-advisory
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