CVE-2008-5081 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Avahi before version 0.6.24, specifically within the avahi-daemon component. A remote attacker can crash the service by sending a specially crafted mDNS packet with a source port of 0, triggering an assertion failure. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and is easily exploitable over the network with no authentication required, leading to a complete loss of availability. While not on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available, including a Metasploit module and an ExploitDB entry, suggesting potential for exploitation despite limited community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.6.23CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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