Upstream information

CVE-2006-6870 at MITRE

Description

The consume_labels function in avahi-core/dns.c in Avahi before 0.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted compressed DNS response with a label that points to itself.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 232050 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • avahi-compat-howl-devel >= 0.6.23-11.32.1
  • avahi-compat-mDNSResponder-devel >= 0.6.23-11.32.1
  • libavahi-devel >= 0.6.23-11.32.1
  • libhowl0 >= 0.6.23-11.32.1
  • python-avahi >= 0.6.23-11.32.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.23-11.32.1 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • avahi >= 0.6.23-11.19.22
  • avahi-lang >= 0.6.23-11.19.22
  • avahi-utils >= 0.6.23-11.19.22
  • libavahi-client3 >= 0.6.23-11.19.22
  • libavahi-client3-32bit >= 0.6.23-11.19.22
  • libavahi-client3-x86 >= 0.6.23-11.19.22
  • libavahi-common3 >= 0.6.23-11.19.22
  • libavahi-common3-32bit >= 0.6.23-11.19.22
  • libavahi-common3-x86 >= 0.6.23-11.19.22
  • libavahi-core5 >= 0.6.23-11.19.22
  • libdns_sd >= 0.6.23-11.19.22
  • libdns_sd-32bit >= 0.6.23-11.19.22
  • libdns_sd-x86 >= 0.6.23-11.19.22
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 GA avahi-0.6.23-11.19.22 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • avahi >= 0.6.23-11.19.22
  • avahi-lang >= 0.6.23-11.19.22
  • avahi-utils >= 0.6.23-11.19.22
  • libavahi-client3 >= 0.6.23-11.19.22
  • libavahi-client3-32bit >= 0.6.23-11.19.22
  • libavahi-client3-x86 >= 0.6.23-11.19.22
  • libavahi-common3 >= 0.6.23-11.19.22
  • libavahi-common3-32bit >= 0.6.23-11.19.22
  • libavahi-common3-x86 >= 0.6.23-11.19.22
  • libavahi-core5 >= 0.6.23-11.19.22
  • libdns_sd >= 0.6.23-11.19.22
  • libdns_sd-32bit >= 0.6.23-11.19.22
  • libdns_sd-x86 >= 0.6.23-11.19.22
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA avahi-0.6.23-11.19.22 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • avahi >= 0.6.23-11.30.4
  • avahi-lang >= 0.6.23-11.30.4
  • avahi-utils >= 0.6.23-11.30.4
  • libavahi-client3 >= 0.6.23-11.30.4
  • libavahi-client3-32bit >= 0.6.23-11.30.4
  • libavahi-client3-x86 >= 0.6.23-11.30.4
  • libavahi-common3 >= 0.6.23-11.30.4
  • libavahi-common3-32bit >= 0.6.23-11.30.4
  • libavahi-common3-x86 >= 0.6.23-11.30.4
  • libavahi-core5 >= 0.6.23-11.30.4
  • libdns_sd >= 0.6.23-11.30.4
  • libdns_sd-32bit >= 0.6.23-11.30.4
  • libdns_sd-x86 >= 0.6.23-11.30.4
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA avahi-0.6.23-11.30.4 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • avahi >= 0.6.23-11.32.1
  • avahi-compat-howl-devel >= 0.6.23-11.32.1
  • avahi-compat-mDNSResponder-devel >= 0.6.23-11.32.1
  • avahi-lang >= 0.6.23-11.32.1
  • avahi-utils >= 0.6.23-11.32.1
  • libavahi-client3 >= 0.6.23-11.32.1
  • libavahi-client3-32bit >= 0.6.23-11.32.1
  • libavahi-client3-x86 >= 0.6.23-11.32.1
  • libavahi-common3 >= 0.6.23-11.32.1
  • libavahi-common3-32bit >= 0.6.23-11.32.1
  • libavahi-common3-x86 >= 0.6.23-11.32.1
  • libavahi-core5 >= 0.6.23-11.32.1
  • libavahi-devel >= 0.6.23-11.32.1
  • libdns_sd >= 0.6.23-11.32.1
  • libdns_sd-32bit >= 0.6.23-11.32.1
  • libdns_sd-x86 >= 0.6.23-11.32.1
  • libhowl0 >= 0.6.23-11.32.1
  • python-avahi >= 0.6.23-11.32.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA avahi-0.6.23-11.32.1 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.23-11.32.1 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
  • avahi >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • avahi-autoipd >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • avahi-compat-mDNSResponder-devel >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • avahi-lang >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • avahi-utils >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • avahi-utils-gtk >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • libavahi-client3 >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • libavahi-common3 >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • libavahi-core7 >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • libavahi-devel >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • libavahi-glib-devel >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • libavahi-glib1 >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • libavahi-gobject-devel >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • libavahi-gobject0 >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • libavahi-libevent1 >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • libavahi-ui-gtk3-0 >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • libdns_sd >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • libhowl0 >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • python3-avahi-gtk >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • python313-avahi >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • typelib-1_0-Avahi-0_6 >= 0.8-160000.2.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 GA avahi-0.8-160000.2.2 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1
  • avahi >= 0.8-160099.13.2
  • avahi-autoipd >= 0.8-160099.13.2
  • avahi-compat-mDNSResponder-devel >= 0.8-160099.13.2
  • avahi-lang >= 0.8-160099.13.2
  • avahi-utils >= 0.8-160099.13.2
  • avahi-utils-gtk >= 0.8-160099.13.1
  • libavahi-client3 >= 0.8-160099.13.2
  • libavahi-common3 >= 0.8-160099.13.2
  • libavahi-core7 >= 0.8-160099.13.2
  • libavahi-devel >= 0.8-160099.13.2
  • libavahi-glib1 >= 0.8-160099.13.1
  • libavahi-gobject0 >= 0.8-160099.13.1
  • libavahi-libevent1 >= 0.8-160099.13.2
  • libavahi-qt6-1 >= 0.8-160099.13.1
  • libavahi-qt6-devel >= 0.8-160099.13.1
  • libavahi-ui-gtk3-0 >= 0.8-160099.13.1
  • libdns_sd >= 0.8-160099.13.2
  • libhowl0 >= 0.8-160099.13.2
  • python3-avahi-gtk >= 0.8-160099.13.1
  • python313-avahi >= 0.8-160099.13.2
  • typelib-1_0-Avahi-0_6 >= 0.8-160099.13.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 GA avahi-0.8-160099.13.2 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0
  • avahi >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • avahi-autoipd >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • avahi-compat-mDNSResponder-devel >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • avahi-lang >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • avahi-utils >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • avahi-utils-gtk >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • libavahi-client3 >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • libavahi-common3 >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • libavahi-core7 >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • libavahi-devel >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • libavahi-glib-devel >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • libavahi-glib1 >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • libavahi-gobject-devel >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • libavahi-gobject0 >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • libavahi-libevent1 >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • libavahi-ui-gtk3-0 >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • libdns_sd >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • libhowl0 >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • python3-avahi-gtk >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • python313-avahi >= 0.8-160000.2.2
  • typelib-1_0-Avahi-0_6 >= 0.8-160000.2.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 GA avahi-0.8-160000.2.2 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0
  • avahi >= 0.8-4.6
  • libavahi-client3 >= 0.8-4.6
  • libavahi-common3 >= 0.8-4.6
  • libavahi-core7 >= 0.8-4.6
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 GA avahi-0.8-4.6 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1
  • avahi >= 0.8-slfo.1.1_1.3
  • libavahi-client3 >= 0.8-slfo.1.1_1.3
  • libavahi-common3 >= 0.8-slfo.1.1_1.3
  • libavahi-core7 >= 0.8-slfo.1.1_1.3
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 GA avahi-0.8-slfo.1.1_1.3 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 05:21:34 2013
CVE page last modified: Sat Aug 29 19:21:54 2026