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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63135
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0013
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory RHSA-2009:0013.;;Hugo Dias discovered a denial of service flaw in avahi-daemon. A remote;attacker on the same local area network (LAN) could send a;specially-crafted mDNS (Multicast DNS) packet that would cause avahi-daemon;to exit unexpectedly due to a failed assertion check. (CVE-2008-5081);;All users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a;backported patch which resolves this issue. After installing the update,;avahi-daemon will be restarted automatically.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2009:0013.

Hugo Dias discovered a denial of service flaw in avahi-daemon. A remote
attacker on the same local area network (LAN) could send a
specially-crafted mDNS (Multicast DNS) packet that would cause avahi-daemon
to exit unexpectedly due to a failed assertion check. (CVE-2008-5081)

All users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a
backported patch which resolves this issue. After installing the update,
avahi-daemon will be restarted automatically.

Solution:
Please note that this update is available via
Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red
Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5081
32825
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32825
33153
http://secunia.com/advisories/33153
33220
http://secunia.com/advisories/33220
33279
http://secunia.com/advisories/33279
33475
http://secunia.com/advisories/33475
7520
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7520
DSA-1690
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1690
GLSA-200901-11
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-11.xml
SUSE-SR:2009:003
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
USN-696-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-696-1
[oss-security] 20081214 Avahi daemon DoS (CVE-2008-5081)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/14/1
http://avahi.org/milestone/Avahi%200.6.24
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9987
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9987
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