RLSA-2023:7836

Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:7836
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2023:7836.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2023:7836
Related
Published
2024-01-09T04:07:32.387758Z
Modified
2024-01-09T04:09:08.986233Z
Summary
Moderate: avahi security update
Details

Avahi is an implementation of the DNS Service Discovery and Multicast DNS specifications for Zero Configuration Networking. It facilitates service discovery on a local network. Avahi and Avahi-aware applications allow you to plug your computer into a network and, with no configuration, view other people to chat with, view printers to print with, and find shared files on other computers.

Security Fix(es):

  • avahi: Local DoS by event-busy-loop from writing long lines to /run/avahi-daemon/socket (CVE-2021-3468)

  • avahi: Reachable assertion in avahidnspacketappendrecord (CVE-2023-38469)

  • avahi: Reachable assertion in avahiescapelabel (CVE-2023-38470)

  • avahi: Reachable assertion in dbussethost_name (CVE-2023-38471)

  • avahi: Reachable assertion in avahirdataparse (CVE-2023-38472)

  • avahi: Reachable assertion in avahialternativehost_name (CVE-2023-38473)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:8 / avahi

Package

Name
avahi
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/avahi?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.7-21.el8_9.1