Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-6324.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-6324
Upstream
Published
2021-06-02T16:15:08Z
Modified
2026-04-21T04:32:08.456323Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
CVE-2021-3468 affecting package avahi for versions less than 0.8-1
Details

A flaw was found in avahi in versions 0.6 up to 0.8. The event used to signal the termination of the client connection on the avahi Unix socket is not correctly handled in the client_work function, allowing a local attacker to trigger an infinite loop. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to the availability of the avahi service, which becomes unresponsive after this flaw is triggered.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:2 / avahi

Package

Name
avahi
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/avahi

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-6324.json"