Debian DSA-1690-1 : avahi - assert errors

medium Nessus Plugin ID 35253

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Two denial of service conditions were discovered in avahi, a Multicast DNS implementation.

Huge Dias discovered that the avahi daemon aborts with an assert error if it encounters a UDP packet with source port 0 (CVE-2008-5081 ).

It was discovered that the avahi daemon aborts with an assert error if it receives an empty TXT record over D-Bus (CVE-2007-3372 ).

Solution

Upgrade the avahi packages.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 0.6.16-3etch2.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 35253

File Name: debian_DSA-1690.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/22/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:avahi, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/22/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3372, CVE-2008-5081

BID: 32825

CWE: 399

DSA: 1690

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