The AvahiDnsPacket function in avahi-core/socket.c in avahi-daemon in Avahi 0.6.16 and 0.6.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…

Description

The AvahiDnsPacket function in avahi-core/socket.c in avahi-daemon in Avahi 0.6.16 and 0.6.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a DNS packet with an invalid checksum followed by a DNS packet with a valid checksum, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5081.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.3% · top 17% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• [oss-security] 20100625 Re: CVE Request: avahi DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100623 CVE Request: avahi DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-10584 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=607293 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• MDVSA-2010:204 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 1024200 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• DSA-2086 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-10581 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2010-2244](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2010-2244.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2010-2244)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 02:25 UTC.