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Debian DSA-2086-1 : avahi - several vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 48248
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD daemon. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :- CVE-2009-0758 Rob Leslie discovered a denial of service vulnerability in the code used to reflect unicast mDNS traffic.
- CVE-2010-2244 Ludwig Nussel discovered a denial of service vulnerability in the processing of malformed DNS packets.
Solution
Upgrade the Avahi packages.For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 0.6.23-3lenny2.
See Also
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0758
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 48248
File Name: debian_DSA-2086.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 8/5/2010
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:avahi, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-0758, CVE-2010-2244
CWE: 399
DSA: 2086