Vulnerability CVE-2008-5081
Published: 2008-12-16   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The originates_from_local_legacy_unicast_socket function (avahi-core/server.c) in avahi-daemon in Avahi before 0.6.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mDNS packet with a source port of 0, which triggers an assertion failure.

Type:

CWE-399

 (Resource Management Errors)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Avahi -> Avahi 

 References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-696-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32825
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/14/1
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/7520
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1690
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-11.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/33475
http://secunia.com/advisories/33279
http://secunia.com/advisories/33220
http://secunia.com/advisories/33153
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9987
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
http://avahi.org/milestone/Avahi%200.6.24
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