Executive Summary

Summary
Title Updated avahi packages fix vulnerability
Informations
Name MDKSA-2007:185 First vendor Publication 2007-09-17
Vendor Mandriva Last vendor Modification 2007-09-17
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:N/A:P)
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

The Avahi daemon in 0.6.20 and previous allows attackers to cause a denial of service via empty TXT data over D-Bus, which triggers an assert error.

Updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue.

Original Source

Url : http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:185

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 27

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-06-05 Name : Ubuntu USN-698-1 (nagios)
File : nvt/ubuntu_698_1.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for avahi MDKSA-2007:185 (avahi)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_185.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for avahi vulnerabilities USN-696-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_696_1.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
37507 Avahi D-Bus Empty TXT Data Remote DoS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
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
2008-12-22 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1690.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-13 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_avahi-3845.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_avahi-3846.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-09-24 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-185.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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