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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-3502: Reachable Assertion

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-3502: Reachable Assertion

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/07/2021
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

A flaw was found in avahi 0.8-5. A reachable assertion is present in avahi_s_host_name_resolver_start function allowing a local attacker to crash the avahi service by requesting hostname resolutions through the avahi socket or dbus methods for invalid hostnames. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to the service availability.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-avahi

References

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