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    CVE-2023-1981

    A vulnerability was found in the avahi library. This flaw allows an unprivileged user to make a dbus call, causing the avahi daemon to crash.

    Published:Apr 26, 2022
    Last Modified:Nov 3, 2025
    EPS:May 26, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.00016
    CVSS Score:5.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Avahi
    Product
    Avahi
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    https://github.com/lathiat/avahi/issues/375https://github.com/lathiat/avahi/issues/375

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    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