Upstream information

CVE-2008-5081 at MITRE

Description

The originates_from_local_legacy_unicast_socket function (avahi-core/server.c) in avahi-daemon in Avahi before 0.6.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mDNS packet with a source port of 0, which triggers an assertion failure.

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 entries: 459007 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 646961 [RESOLVED / DUPLICATE]

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
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
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
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
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
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.23-11.32.1
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
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
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
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • avahi >= 0.8-7.2
  • avahi-autoipd >= 0.8-7.2
  • avahi-compat-howl-devel >= 0.8-7.2
  • avahi-compat-mDNSResponder-devel >= 0.8-7.2
  • avahi-lang >= 0.8-7.2
  • avahi-utils >= 0.8-7.2
  • libavahi-client3 >= 0.8-7.2
  • libavahi-client3-32bit >= 0.8-7.2
  • libavahi-common3 >= 0.8-7.2
  • libavahi-common3-32bit >= 0.8-7.2
  • libavahi-core7 >= 0.8-7.2
  • libavahi-devel >= 0.8-7.2
  • libavahi-libevent1 >= 0.8-7.2
  • libdns_sd >= 0.8-7.2
  • libdns_sd-32bit >= 0.8-7.2
  • libhowl0 >= 0.8-7.2
  • python36-avahi >= 0.8-7.2
  • python38-avahi >= 0.8-7.2
  • python39-avahi >= 0.8-7.2
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10643

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 06:35:53 2013
CVE page last modified: Sun Nov 2 12:20:30 2025