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CVE-2017-6519 avahi-daemon in Avahi through 0.6.32 and 0.7 inadvertently responds to IPv6 unicast queries with source addresses that are not on-link, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traf...

CriticalCVSS 9.1 EPSS 3.2%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

avahi-daemon in Avahi through 0.6.32 and 0.7 inadvertently responds to IPv6 unicast queries with source addresses that are not on-link, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) and may cause information leakage by obtaining potentially sensitive information from the responding device via port-5353 UDP packets. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2015-2809.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
debian/avahi(Debian:12) < 0.7-5 0.7-5
debian/avahi(Debian:13) < 0.7-5 0.7-5
debian/avahi(Debian:14) < 0.7-5 0.7-5
avahi <= 0.6.32 No fix listed
avahi = 0.7 No fix listed
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 12.04 No fix listed
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 14.04 No fix listed
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 16.04 No fix listed
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 18.04 No fix listed
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 18.10 No fix listed
alpine/avahi(Alpine:v3.10) < 0.7-r2 0.7-r2
alpine/avahi(Alpine:v3.11) < 0.7-r2 0.7-r2
alpine/avahi(Alpine:v3.12) < 0.7-r2 0.7-r2
alpine/avahi(Alpine:v3.13) < 0.7-r2 0.7-r2
alpine/avahi(Alpine:v3.14) < 0.7-r2 0.7-r2
alpine/avahi(Alpine:v3.15) < 0.7-r2 0.7-r2
alpine/avahi(Alpine:v3.16) < 0.7-r2 0.7-r2
alpine/avahi(Alpine:v3.17) < 0.7-r2 0.7-r2
alpine/avahi(Alpine:v3.18) < 0.7-r2 0.7-r2
alpine/avahi(Alpine:v3.19) < 0.7-r2 0.7-r2
alpine/avahi(Alpine:v3.20) < 0.7-r2 0.7-r2
alpine/avahi(Alpine:v3.21) < 0.7-r2 0.7-r2
alpine/avahi(Alpine:v3.22) < 0.7-r2 0.7-r2
alpine/avahi(Alpine:v3.23) < 0.7-r2 0.7-r2
alpine/avahi(Alpine:v3.24) < 0.7-r2 0.7-r2
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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
alpine/avahi(Alpine:v3.7) < 0.6.32-r5 0.6.32-r5
alpine/avahi(Alpine:v3.8) < 0.7-r2 0.7-r2
alpine/avahi(Alpine:v3.9) < 0.7-r2 0.7-r2

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