CVE-2006-2289

high

Description

Buffer overflow in avahi-core in Avahi before 0.6.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26331

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17884

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_19.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/20215

http://secunia.com/advisories/20022

http://0pointer.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/%2Acheckout%2A/trunk/docs/NEWS?root=avahi

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-05-10

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00119