ALSA-2023:7190

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    ALSA-2023:7190

    Published: 14 Nov 2023Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Aliases:
    CVE-2023-1981

    Summary: Moderate: avahi security update

    Details: Avahi is an implementation of the DNS Service Discovery and Multicast DNS specifications for Zero Configuration Networking. It facilitates service discovery on a local network. Avahi and Avahi-aware applications allow you to plug your computer into a network and, with no configuration, view other people to chat with, view printers to print with, and find shared files on other computers. Security Fix(es): * avahi: avahi-daemon can be crashed via DBus (CVE-2023-1981) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7190, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1981, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2185911, https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-7190.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: avahi

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/avahi

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.7-21.el8

    Affected versions

    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
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