UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1981

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-1981

Import Source

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JSON Data

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Upstream

CVE-2023-1981

Downstream

USN-6129-1

USN-6129-2

Related

Published

2023-04-12T00:00:00Z

Modified

2025-09-08T16:55:39Z

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
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
Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

Details

A vulnerability was found in the avahi library. This flaw allows an unprivileged user to make a dbus call, causing the avahi daemon to crash.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / avahi

Package

Name: avahi
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/avahi@0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2

Affected versions

0.*

0.6.31-2ubuntu4

0.6.31-2ubuntu5

0.6.31-3ubuntu1

0.6.31-4ubuntu1

0.6.31-4ubuntu1.1

0.6.31-4ubuntu1.2

0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3

0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-autoipd",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-daemon",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-discover",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-dnsconfd",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-ui-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-client-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-client3",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-common-data",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-common-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-common3",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-compat-libdnssd1",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-core-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-core7",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-glib-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-glib1",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-gobject-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-gobject0",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-qt4-1",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-qt4-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-ui-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-ui-gtk3-0",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-ui-gtk3-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-ui0",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-avahi",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / avahi

Package

Name: avahi
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/avahi@0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2

Affected versions

0.*

0.6.31-4ubuntu4

0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2

0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1

0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.2

0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3

0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-autoipd",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-daemon",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-discover",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-dnsconfd",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-ui-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-client-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-client3",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-common-data",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-common-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-common3",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-compat-libdnssd1",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-core-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-core7",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-glib-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-glib1",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-gobject-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-gobject0",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-qt4-1",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-qt4-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-ui-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-ui-gtk3-0",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-ui-gtk3-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-ui0",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-avahi",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / avahi

Package

Name: avahi
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/avahi@0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm1

Affected versions

0.*

0.6.32-1ubuntu1

0.7-3ubuntu1

0.7-3ubuntu2

0.7-3.1ubuntu1

0.7-3.1ubuntu1.1

0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2

0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-autoipd",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-daemon",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-discover",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-dnsconfd",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-ui-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-avahi-0.6",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-client-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-client3",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-common-data",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-common-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-common3",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-compat-libdnssd1",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-core-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-core7",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-glib-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-glib1",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-gobject-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-gobject0",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-ui-gtk3-0",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-ui-gtk3-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-avahi",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / avahi

Package

Name: avahi
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/avahi@0.7-4ubuntu7.2?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.7-4ubuntu7.2

Affected versions

0.*

0.7-4ubuntu5

0.7-4ubuntu6

0.7-4ubuntu7

0.7-4ubuntu7.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-autoipd",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-daemon",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-discover",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-dnsconfd",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-ui-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-avahi-0.6",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-client-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-client3",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-common-data",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-common-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-common3",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-compat-libdnssd1",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-core-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-core7",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-glib-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-glib1",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-gobject-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-gobject0",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-ui-gtk3-0",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-ui-gtk3-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-avahi",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.2"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / avahi

Package

Name: avahi
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/avahi@0.8-5ubuntu5.1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.8-5ubuntu5.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.8-5ubuntu4

0.8-5ubuntu5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-autoipd",
            "binary_version": "0.8-5ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-daemon",
            "binary_version": "0.8-5ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-discover",
            "binary_version": "0.8-5ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-dnsconfd",
            "binary_version": "0.8-5ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-ui-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.8-5ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.8-5ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-avahi-0.6",
            "binary_version": "0.8-5ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-client-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.8-5ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-client3",
            "binary_version": "0.8-5ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-common-data",
            "binary_version": "0.8-5ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-common-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.8-5ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-common3",
            "binary_version": "0.8-5ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.8-5ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-compat-libdnssd1",
            "binary_version": "0.8-5ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-core-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.8-5ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-core7",
            "binary_version": "0.8-5ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-glib-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.8-5ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-glib1",
            "binary_version": "0.8-5ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-gobject-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.8-5ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-gobject0",
            "binary_version": "0.8-5ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-ui-gtk3-0",
            "binary_version": "0.8-5ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-ui-gtk3-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.8-5ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-avahi",
            "binary_version": "0.8-5ubuntu5.1"
        }
    ]
}