Summary
This host is installed with Avahi and is prone to Denial of Service vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation could allow attackers to execute malicious arbitrary code or cause denial of service.
Impact Level: System/Application
Solution
Upgrade to the latest version 0.6.24 or later,
http://avahi.org/download
Insight
This flaw is caused when processing multicast DNS data which causes the application to crash.
Affected
Avahi version prior to 0.6.24 on all Linux platforms.
References
Updated on 2017-03-28
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-5081 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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