National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-6870

Overview

The consume_labels function in avahi-core/dns.c in Avahi before 0.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted compressed DNS response with a label that points to itself.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Solution

This vulnerability is addressed in the following product release: Avahi, Avahi, 0.6.16}

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.avahi.org/ticket/84

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.avahi.org/ticket/84

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.avahi.org/#December2006

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.avahi.org/#December2006

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-0071

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0071

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.avahi.org/changeset/1340

Hyperlink:http://www.avahi.org/changeset/1340

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-402-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-402-1

External Source: BID

Name: 21881

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21881

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2007:007

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2007:003

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:003

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 24995

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/24995

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23782

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23782

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23673

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23673

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23660

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23660

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23644

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23644

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23628

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23628

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2007-019

Hyperlink:http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2408

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2007-018

Hyperlink:http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2362