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TI-2006-02230 Aliases CVE-2006-2289GHSA-wcpr-m747-77wq

Buffer overflow in avahi-core in Avahi before 0.6.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Priority LOW 12Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Buffer overflow in avahi-core in Avahi before 0.6.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00484 41st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.6.7Vulnerableavahi
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.6.8Vulnerableavahi
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.6.9Vulnerableavahi
  • cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6.7 Vulnerable ·avahi
  • cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6.8 Vulnerable ·avahi
  • cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6.9 Vulnerable ·avahi

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-2289
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wcpr-m747-77wq

References

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2026-27157 Avahi: Reachable assertion in `transport_flags_from_domain()` via conflicting publish flags crashes avahi-daemon CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2025-37060 Avahi: simple protocol server ignores accepts unlimited connections and logs failures without limit CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2008-04834 The originates_from_local_legacy_unicast_socket function (avahi-core/server.c) in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2017-04303 avahi-daemon in Avahi through 0.6.32 and 0.7 inadvertently responds to IPv6 unicast… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2011-00862 avahi-core/socket.c in avahi-daemon in Avahi before 0.6.29 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2021-08399 avahi-daemon-check-dns.sh in the Debian avahi package through 0.8-4 is executed as root… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
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Sources

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