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ELSA-2011-0436 Moderate: Oracle Linux avahi security update

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ELSA-2011-0436 Moderate: Oracle Linux avahi security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/22/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/20/2011
Modified
04/11/2019

Description

avahi-core/socket.c in avahi-daemon in Avahi before 0.6.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an empty mDNS (1) IPv4 or (2) IPv6 UDP packet to port 5353. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-2244.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-avahi
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-avahi-compat-howl
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-avahi-compat-howl-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-avahi-compat-libdns_sd
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-avahi-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-avahi-glib
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-avahi-glib-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-avahi-qt3
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-avahi-qt3-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-avahi-tools

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