UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38471

See a problem?
Please try reporting it to the source first.
Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38471
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38471.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38471
Upstream
Downstream
Related
Published
2023-11-02T15:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:56:26Z
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
  • 6.2 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the dbussethost_name function.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / avahi

Package

Name
avahi
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/avahi@0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3?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+esm3

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
0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-autoipd",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-daemon",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-discover",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-dnsconfd",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-ui-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-client-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-client3",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-common-data",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-common-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-common3",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-compat-libdnssd1",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-core-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-core7",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-glib-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-glib1",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-gobject-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-gobject0",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-qt4-1",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-qt4-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-ui-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-ui-gtk3-0",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-ui-gtk3-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-ui0",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-avahi",
            "binary_version": "0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / avahi

Package

Name
avahi
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/avahi@0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3?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+esm3

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-autoipd",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-daemon",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-discover",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-dnsconfd",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-ui-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-client-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-client3",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-common-data",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-common-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-common3",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-compat-libdnssd1",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-core-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-core7",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-glib-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-glib1",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-gobject-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-gobject0",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-qt4-1",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-qt4-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-ui-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-ui-gtk3-0",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-ui-gtk3-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-ui0",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-avahi",
            "binary_version": "0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / avahi

Package

Name
avahi
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/avahi@0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm2?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+esm2

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
0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-autoipd",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-daemon",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-discover",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-dnsconfd",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-ui-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-avahi-0.6",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-client-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-client3",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-common-data",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-common-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-common3",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-compat-libdnssd1",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-core-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-core7",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-glib-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-glib1",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-gobject-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-gobject0",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-ui-gtk3-0",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-ui-gtk3-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-avahi",
            "binary_version": "0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm2"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / avahi

Package

Name
avahi
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/avahi@0.7-4ubuntu7.3?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.7-4ubuntu7.3

Affected versions

0.*

0.7-4ubuntu5
0.7-4ubuntu6
0.7-4ubuntu7
0.7-4ubuntu7.1
0.7-4ubuntu7.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-autoipd",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-daemon",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-discover",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-dnsconfd",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-ui-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "avahi-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-avahi-0.6",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-client-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-client3",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-common-data",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-common-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-common3",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-compat-libdnssd1",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-core-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-core7",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-glib-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-glib1",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-gobject-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-gobject0",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-ui-gtk3-0",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavahi-ui-gtk3-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-avahi",
            "binary_version": "0.7-4ubuntu7.3"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / avahi

Package

Name
avahi
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/avahi@0.8-5ubuntu5.2?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8-5ubuntu5.2

Affected versions

0.*

0.8-5ubuntu4
0.8-5ubuntu5
0.8-5ubuntu5.1

Ecosystem specific 

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