Description
A flaw was found in avahi 0.8-5. A reachable assertion is present in avahi_s_host_name_resolver_start function allowing a local attacker to crash the avahi service by requesting hostname resolutions through the avahi socket or dbus methods for invalid hostnames. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to the service availability.
Published: 2021-05-07
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-26822 A flaw was found in avahi 0.8-5. A reachable assertion is present in avahi_s_host_name_resolver_start function allowing a local attacker to crash the avahi service by requesting hostname resolutions through the avahi socket or dbus methods for invalid hostnames. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to the service availability.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5008-1 Avahi vulnerabilities
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Avahi Avahi
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T16:53:17.966Z

Reserved: 2021-04-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-3502

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-05-07T12:15:07.267

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:21:41.840

Link: CVE-2021-3502

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-03-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-3502 - Bugzilla

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