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Alpine: multiple avahi packages, multiple py3-avahi packages: security update to 0.7-r2
critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 403601
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- avahi-daemon in Avahi through 0.6.32 and 0.7 inadvertently responds to IPv6 unicast queries with source
addresses that are not on-link, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic
amplification) and may cause information leakage by obtaining potentially sensitive information from the
responding device via port-5353 UDP packets. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2015-2809. (CVE-2017-6519)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 403601
Version: Revision 1.29
Type: Local
Published: 10/31/2023
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.3
Percentile: 53.04
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.4
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-6519
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.1
Temporal Score: 8.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-6519
BID: 106782