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TI-2010-02153 Aliases CVE-2010-2244GHSA-vxxg-j26r-33g8

The AvahiDnsPacket function in avahi-core/socket.c in avahi-daemon in Avahi 0.6.16 and…

Priority LOW 24Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

The AvahiDnsPacket function in avahi-core/socket.c in avahi-daemon in Avahi 0.6.16 and 0.6.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a DNS packet with an invalid checksum followed by a DNS packet with a valid checksum, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5081.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02273 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

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 · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.6.16Vulnerableavahi
cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.6.25Vulnerableavahi
  • cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6.16 Vulnerable ·avahi
  • cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6.25 Vulnerable ·avahi

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2010:0528 Released 2010-07-13 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    avahi security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) avahi-0.6.16-9.el5_5, avahi-0.6.16-9.el5_5.i386, avahi-0.6.16-9.el5_5.ia64 +41
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) avahi-0.6.16-9.el5_5, avahi-0.6.16-9.el5_5.i386, avahi-compat-howl-0.6.16-9.el5_5 +14
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) avahi-0.6.16-9.el5_5, avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.16-9.el5_5, avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.16-9.el5_5.i386 +8

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2010:0528
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2010:0528
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2010:0528
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2010-2244
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vxxg-j26r-33g8

References

Advisory 4

Other 3

  • 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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