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    CVE-2006-5461

    Avahi before 0.6.15 does not verify the sender identity of netlink messages to ensure that they come from the kernel instead of another process, which allows local users to spoof network changes to Avahi.

    Published:Nov 14, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Nov 14, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.00079
    CVSS Score:2.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Avahi
    Product
    Avahi

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    CVE-2025-68276 (CVSS 5.5) — Avahi is a system which facilitates service discovery on a local network via the mDNS/DNS-SD protocol suite. I…
    CVE-2025-59529 (CVSS 5.5) — Avahi is a system which facilitates service discovery on a local network via the mDNS/DNS-SD protocol suite. I…
    CVE-2023-38471 (CVSS 6.2) — A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the dbus_set_host_name function.…
    CVE-2023-38472 (CVSS 6.2) — A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the avahi_rdata_parse() function.…
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    References

    http://avahi.org/milestone/Avahi%200.6.15
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22807
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22852
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22932
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23020
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23042
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017257
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-13.xml
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:215
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21016
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4474
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30207
    https://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/avahi-tickets/2006-November/000320.html
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/380-1/
    http://avahi.org/milestone/Avahi%200.6.15
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22807
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22852
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22932
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23020
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23042
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017257
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-13.xml
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:215
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21016
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4474
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30207
    https://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/avahi-tickets/2006-November/000320.html
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/380-1/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High