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CVE-2023-1981
A vulnerability was found in the avahi library. This flaw allows an unprivileged user to make a dbus call, causing the avahi daemon to…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.39%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 67% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
avahi
- affected avahi-0.7-20
References (4)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1981 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2185911 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/lathiat/avahi/issues/375 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00011.html (opens in a new tab)
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