Executive Summary

Summary
Title Avahi vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-380-1 First vendor Publication 2006-11-11
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2006-11-11
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 2.1 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 5.10:
avahi-daemon 0.5.2-1ubuntu1.2
libavahi-core1 0.5.2-1ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
avahi-daemon 0.6.10-0ubuntu3.2
libavahi-core4 0.6.10-0ubuntu3.2

Ubuntu 6.10:
avahi-daemon 0.6.13-2ubuntu2.2
libavahi-core4 0.6.13-2ubuntu2.2

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow:

Steve Grubb discovered that netlink messages were not being checked for their sender identity. This could lead to local users manipulating the Avahi service.

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-380-1

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 22

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for avahi FEDORA-2007-018
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_018_avahi_fc5.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200611-13 (avahi)
File : nvt/glsa_200611_13.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
30314 Avahi netlink Message Spoofing

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2007-12-13 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_avahi-2216.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-380-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-380-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_avahi-2217.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-18 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2006-215.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-11-22 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200611-13.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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