Vulnerability CVE-2006-5461
Published: 2006-11-14   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Avahi -> Avahi 

 References:
http://avahi.org/milestone/Avahi%200.6.15
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017257
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-13.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:215
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21016
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4474
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30207
https://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/avahi-tickets/2006-November/000320.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/380-1/
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