5 - CVE-2008-5081

Executive Summary

Informations
Name	CVE-2008-5081	First vendor Publication	2008-12-16
Vendor	Cve	Last vendor Modification	2017-09-29

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score	NA
Base Score	NA	Environmental Score	NA
impact SubScore	NA	Temporal Score	NA
Exploitabality Sub Score	NA

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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score	5	Attack Range	Network
Cvss Impact Score	2.9	Attack Complexity	Low
Cvss Expoit Score	10	Authentication	None Required
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Detail

The originates_from_local_legacy_unicast_socket function (avahi-core/server.c) in avahi-daemon in Avahi before 0.6.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mDNS packet with a source port of 0, which triggers an assertion failure.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5081

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

%	Id	Name
100 %	CWE-399	Resource Management Errors

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17706

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17706
Title:	USN-696-1 -- avahi vulnerabilities
Description:	Emanuele Aina discovered that Avahi did not properly validate it's input when processing data over D-Bus.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	USN-696-1 CVE-2007-3372 CVE-2008-5081	Version:	7
Platform(s):	Ubuntu 6.06 Ubuntu 7.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10	Product(s):	avahi
Definition Synopsis:
Release section Ubuntu 6.06 is installed AND avahi-daemon DPKG is earlier than 0.6.10-0ubuntu3.5 AND Release section Ubuntu 7.10 is installed AND avahi-daemon DPKG is earlier than 0.6.20-2ubuntu3.4 AND Release section Ubuntu 8.04 is installed AND avahi-daemon DPKG is earlier than 0.6.22-2ubuntu4.1 AND Release section Ubuntu 8.10 is installed AND avahi-daemon DPKG is earlier than 0.6.23-2ubuntu2.1

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18697

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18697
Title:	DSA-1690-1 avahi - denial of service
Description:	Two denial of service conditions were discovered in avahi, a Multicast DNS implementation.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	DSA-1690-1 CVE-2007-3372 CVE-2008-5081	Version:	7
Platform(s):	Debian GNU/Linux 4.0	Product(s):	avahi
Definition Synopsis:
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 is installed. AND avahi DPKG is earlier than 0.6.16-3etch2

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22726

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22726
Title:	ELSA-2009:0013: avahi security update (Moderate)
Description:	The originates_from_local_legacy_unicast_socket function (avahi-core/server.c) in avahi-daemon in Avahi before 0.6.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mDNS packet with a source port of 0, which triggers an assertion failure.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	ELSA-2009:0013-01 CVE-2008-5081	Version:	6
Platform(s):	Oracle Linux 5	Product(s):	avahi
Definition Synopsis:
Oracle Linux 5.x rpm test avahi-compat-howl is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi-glib-devel is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi-compat-howl-devel is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi-compat-libdns_sd is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi-glib is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi-qt3 is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi-qt3-devel is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi-tools is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi-devel is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:29261

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:29261
Title:	RHSA-2009:0013 -- avahi security update (Moderate)
Description:	Updated avahi packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Avahi is an implementation of the DNS Service Discovery and Multicast DNS specifications for Zeroconf Networking. It facilitates service discovery on a local network. Avahi and Avahi-aware applications allow you to plug your computer into a network and, with no configuration, view other people to chat with, see printers to print to, and find shared files on other computers. Hugo Dias discovered a denial of service flaw in avahi-daemon. A remote attacker on the same local area network (LAN) could send a specially-crafted mDNS (Multicast DNS) packet that would cause avahi-daemon to exit unexpectedly due to a failed assertion check. (CVE-2008-5081) All users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch which resolves this issue. After installing the update, avahi-daemon will be restarted automatically.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	RHSA-2009:0013 CESA-2009:0013-CentOS 5 CVE-2008-5081	Version:	3
Platform(s):	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5	Product(s):	avahi
Definition Synopsis:
Operation system section The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 AND The operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 5.x Packages match section avahi-compat-howl-devel is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi-devel is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi-glib-devel is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi-qt3-devel is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi-compat-howl is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi-compat-libdns_sd is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi-glib is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi-qt3 is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi-tools is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7875

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7875
Title:	DSA-1690 avahi -- assert errors
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).
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	DSA-1690 CVE-2007-3372 CVE-2008-5081	Version:	3
Platform(s):	Debian GNU/Linux 4.0	Product(s):	avahi
Definition Synopsis:
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 is installed. Architecture section Architecture independent section Installed architecture is all AND Packages section python-avahi is earlier than 0.6.16-3etch2 AND avahi-discover is earlier than 0.6.16-3etch2 OR Architecture dependent section Supported architectures section Installed architecture is s390 AND Installed architecture is amd64 AND Installed architecture is sparc AND Installed architecture is powerpc AND Installed architecture is i386 AND Installed architecture is mips AND Installed architecture is ia64 AND Installed architecture is alpha AND Installed architecture is mipsel AND Installed architecture is hppa AND Packages section libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev is earlier than 0.6.16-3etch2 AND libavahi-compat-howl0 is earlier than 0.6.16-3etch2 AND libavahi-qt4-1 is earlier than 0.6.16-3etch2 AND libavahi-common-dev is earlier than 0.6.16-3etch2 AND libavahi-compat-howl-dev is earlier than 0.6.16-3etch2 AND libavahi-common3 is earlier than 0.6.16-3etch2 AND libavahi-glib-dev is earlier than 0.6.16-3etch2 AND avahi-dnsconfd is earlier than 0.6.16-3etch2 AND libavahi-client3 is earlier than 0.6.16-3etch2 AND libavahi-qt4-dev is earlier than 0.6.16-3etch2 AND avahi-daemon is earlier than 0.6.16-3etch2 AND libavahi-common-data is earlier than 0.6.16-3etch2 AND avahi-utils is earlier than 0.6.16-3etch2 AND libavahi-compat-libdnssd1 is earlier than 0.6.16-3etch2 AND avahi-autoipd is earlier than 0.6.16-3etch2 AND libavahi-qt3-1 is earlier than 0.6.16-3etch2 AND libavahi-glib1 is earlier than 0.6.16-3etch2 AND libavahi-qt3-dev is earlier than 0.6.16-3etch2 AND libavahi-core-dev is earlier than 0.6.16-3etch2 AND libavahi-core4 is earlier than 0.6.16-3etch2 AND libavahi-client-dev is earlier than 0.6.16-3etch2

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9987

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9987
Title:	The originates_from_local_legacy_unicast_socket function (avahi-core/server.c) in avahi-daemon in Avahi before 0.6.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mDNS packet with a source port of 0, which triggers an assertion failure.
Description:	The originates_from_local_legacy_unicast_socket function (avahi-core/server.c) in avahi-daemon in Avahi before 0.6.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mDNS packet with a source port of 0, which triggers an assertion failure.
Family:	unix	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2008-5081	Version:	5
Platform(s):	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5 Oracle Linux 5	Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
RHEL5, CentOS5 or Oracle Linux 5 The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 AND CentOS Linux 5.x AND Oracle Linux 5.x AND Configuration section avahi-devel is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi-qt3 is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi-tools is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi-glib is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi-qt3-devel is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi-compat-howl-devel is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi-compat-libdns_sd is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi-glib-devel is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1 AND avahi-compat-howl is earlier than 0:0.6.16-1.el5_2.1

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

Type	Description	Count
Application	Avahi cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.23:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.22:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.21:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.20:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.19:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.18:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.17:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.16:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.15:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.14:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.13:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.12:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi::::::::	31

ExploitDB Exploits

id	Description
2008-12-19	Avahi < 0.6.24 (mDNS Daemon) Remote Denial of Service Exploit

OpenVAS Exploits

Date	Description
2011-08-09	Name : CentOS Update for avahi CESA-2009:0013 centos5 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_0013_avahi_centos5_i386.nasl
2011-05-12	Name : avahi -- denial of service File : nvt/freebsd_avahi.nasl
2010-10-19	Name : Mandriva Update for avahi MDVSA-2010:204 (avahi) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_204.nasl
2009-06-05	Name : Ubuntu USN-698-1 (nagios) File : nvt/ubuntu_698_1.nasl
2009-03-23	Name : Ubuntu Update for avahi vulnerabilities USN-696-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_696_1.nasl
2009-02-02	Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:031 (avahi) File : nvt/mdksa_2009_031.nasl
2009-02-02	Name : SuSE Security Summary SUSE-SR:2009:003 File : nvt/suse_sr_2009_003.nasl
2009-01-20	Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200901-11 (avahi) File : nvt/glsa_200901_11.nasl
2009-01-20	Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:0013 (avahi) File : nvt/ovcesa2009_0013.nasl
2009-01-13	Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0013 File : nvt/RHSA_2009_0013.nasl
2009-01-07	Name : Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2008-11351 (avahi) File : nvt/fcore_2008_11351.nasl
2008-12-31	Name : Avahi Denial of Service Vulnerability File : nvt/secpod_avahi_dos_vuln.nasl
2008-12-29	Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1690-1 (avahi) File : nvt/deb_1690_1.nasl
2008-12-29	Name : Ubuntu USN-697-1 (imlib2) File : nvt/ubuntu_697_1.nasl
2008-12-29	Name : Ubuntu USN-698-2 (nagios3) File : nvt/ubuntu_698_2.nasl
2008-12-29	Name : Ubuntu USN-699-1 (blender) File : nvt/ubuntu_699_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id	Description
50929	Avahi avahi-daemon avahi-core/server.c Crafted mDNS Packet Handling Remote DoS Avahi contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue can be triggered by a specially crafted mDNS packet with a source port of 0, and will result in loss of availability for the service.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date	Description
2013-07-12	Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-0013.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01	Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20090112_avahi_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-01-27	Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_avahi-5870.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-10-15	Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-204.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06	Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2009-0013.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_0_avahi-081218.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_1_avahi-081218.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-11351.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23	Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-031.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23	Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-696-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-02-01	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_avahi-5882.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-01-15	Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200901-11.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-01-13	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2009-0013.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-22	Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1690.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source	Url
BID	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32825
CONFIRM	http://avahi.org/milestone/Avahi%200.6.24
DEBIAN	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1690
EXPLOIT-DB	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7520
GENTOO	http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-11.xml
MLIST	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/14/1
OVAL	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
SECUNIA	http://secunia.com/advisories/33153 http://secunia.com/advisories/33220 http://secunia.com/advisories/33279 http://secunia.com/advisories/33475
SUSE	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
UBUNTU	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-696-1

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2014-02-17 10:47:16	Multiple Updates
2013-05-11 00:30:45	Multiple Updates

Global Informations

Type	Count
CWE ID(s)	1
Oval ID(s)	6
CPE ID(s)	31
Sources(s)	13
osvdb(s)	1
ExploitDB Exploit(s)	1
Openvas Exploit(s)	16
Nessus® Exploit(s)	14

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5	USN-696-1
5	RHSA-2009:0013
5	MDVSA-2010:204
5	MDVSA-2009:031
5	GLSA-200901-11
5	DSA-1690
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5 - CVE-2008-5081

Executive Summary

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

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Original Source

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

OVAL Definitions

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

ExploitDB Exploits

OpenVAS Exploits

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

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