CVE-2011-1002

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    CVE-2011-1002

    Published: 22 Feb 2011Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: avahi-core/socket.c in avahi-daemon in Avahi before 0.6.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an empty mDNS (1) IPv4 or (2) IPv6 UDP packet to port 5353. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-2244.

    References: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055858.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/18/1, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/18/4, http://secunia.com/advisories/43361, http://secunia.com/advisories/43465, http://secunia.com/advisories/43605, http://secunia.com/advisories/43673, http://secunia.com/advisories/44131, http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1084-1, http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2174, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:037, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:040, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/9, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46446, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0448, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0499, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0511, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0565, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0601, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0670, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0969, http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/cve-2011-1002-avahi-daemon-remote-denial-of-service/, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667187, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65525, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055858.html, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/18/1, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/18/4, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/9, http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/cve-2011-1002-avahi-daemon-remote-denial-of-service/, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667187, http://avahi.org/ticket/325, http://git.0pointer.de/?p=avahi.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=46109dfec75534fe270c0ab902576f685d5ab3a6, http://osvdb.org/70948, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0436.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0779.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46446, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65524

    Affected packages

    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