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    CVE-2010-2244

    The AvahiDnsPacket function in avahi-core/socket.c in avahi-daemon in Avahi 0.6.16 and 0.6.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a DNS packet with an invalid checksum followed by a DNS packet with a valid checksum, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5081.

    Published:Jun 23, 2010
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Jul 7, 2010
    EPSS Score:0.01304
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Avahi
    Product
    Avahi
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2026-34933 (CVSS 5.5) — Avahi is a system which facilitates service discovery on a local network via the mDNS/DNS-SD protocol suite. P…
    CVE-2026-24401 (CVSS 6.5) — Avahi is a system which facilitates service discovery on a local network via the mDNS/DNS-SD protocol suite. I…
    CVE-2025-68471 (CVSS 6.5) — Avahi is a system which facilitates service discovery on a local network via the mDNS/DNS-SD protocol suite. I…
    CVE-2025-68468 (CVSS 6.5) — Avahi is a system which facilitates service discovery on a local network via the mDNS/DNS-SD protocol suite. I…
    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.…
    CVE-2023-38469 (CVSS 6.2) — A vulnerability was found in Avahi, where a reachable assertion exists in avahi_dns_packet_append_record.…
    CVE-2023-38470 (CVSS 6.2) — A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the avahi_escape_label() function.…

    References

    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043800.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043820.html
    http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127748459505200&w=2
    http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2086
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:204
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/23/4
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024200
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=607293
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043800.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043820.html
    http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127748459505200&w=2
    http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2086
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:204
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/23/4
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024200
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=607293

    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