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GLSA-201110-17 : Avahi: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 56592

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201110-17 (Avahi: Denial of Service)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Avahi. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Avahi users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-dns/avahi-0.6.28-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201110-17

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 56592

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201110-17.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Published: 10/24/2011

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:avahi, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/22/2011

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2244, CVE-2011-1002

BID: 41075, 46446

GLSA: 201110-17