CVE-2021-3502

Publication date 7 May 2021

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

A flaw was found in avahi 0.8-5. A reachable assertion is present in avahi_s_host_name_resolver_start function allowing a local attacker to crash the avahi service by requesting hostname resolutions through the avahi socket or dbus methods for invalid hostnames. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to the service availability.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
avahi 22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 0.8-5ubuntu4
21.10 impish
Fixed 0.8-5ubuntu4
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 0.8-5ubuntu3.1
20.10 groovy
Fixed 0.8-3ubuntu1.1
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

introduced in 0.8

Patch details

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Package Patch details
avahi

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

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