Echo: avahi: security update to 0.8-16+e4

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 460271

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Avahi is a system which facilitates service discovery on a local network via the mDNS/DNS-SD protocol
suite. In 0.9-rc2 and earlier, avahi-daemon can be crashed by sending 2 unsolicited announcements with
CNAME resource records 2 seconds apart. (CVE-2025-68471)

Solution

Update the avahi library and its related packages to version 0.8-16+e4 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-68471

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 460271

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.41

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68471

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/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

Patch Publication Date: 1/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-68471