Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900415
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	Avahi Denial of Service Vulnerability
Summary:	Avahi is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: Avahi is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: This flaw is caused when processing multicast DNS data which causes the application to crash. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation could allow attackers to execute malicious arbitrary code or cause denial of service. Affected Software/OS: Avahi version prior to 0.6.24 on all Linux platforms. Solution: Upgrade to the latest version 0.6.24 or later. 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
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG

This is only one of 145615 vulnerability tests in our test suite. Find out more about running a complete security audit. To run a free test of this vulnerability against your system, register below.