CVE-2006-5461
First published: Tue Nov 14 2006(Updated: )
Avahi before 0.6.15 does not verify the sender identity of netlink messages to ensure that they come from the kernel instead of another process, which allows local users to spoof network changes to Avahi.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Avahi Avahi | <=0.6.14 |
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Reference Links
- https://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/avahi-tickets/2006-November/000320.html
- http://avahi.org/milestone/Avahi%200.6.15
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22807
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22852
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-13.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:215
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21016
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017257
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23020
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23042
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22932
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4474
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30207
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/380-1/
- collector/nvd-historical
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/weakness
- agent/severity
- agent/references
- agent/author
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/description
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/remedy
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/avahi
- canonical/avahi avahi
- version/avahi avahi/0.6.14