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Debian: DLA-3414-1 DoS Issue: Avahi Service Discovery Crash

debian lts
Calendar Grey May 2, 2023
Dist Debian Esm H88
A significant Local Denial of Service flaw in Avahi has been identified and addressed. Debian users must apply the latest update to enhance their system security.
It was discovered that there was a local Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Avahi, a system that facilitates service discovery on a local network
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Summary

The avahi-daemon process could have been crashed over the DBus
message bus.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version
0.7-4+deb10u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your avahi packages.

For the detailed security status of avahi please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/avahi

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS



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Package: avahi
Version: 0.7-4+deb10u2
CVE ID: CVE-2023-1981
Debian Bug: 1034594

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