CVE-2008-5081
EPSS 77.1%avahi - denial of service
Published: 12/17/2008Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The originates_from_local_legacy_unicast_socket function (avahi-core/server.c) in avahi-daemon in Avahi before 0.6.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mDNS packet with a source port of 0, which triggers an assertion failure.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/avahifrom 0, < 0.6.23-3
- Debian/avahifrom 0, < 0.6.22-3+lenny1