CVE-2006-5461 describes a vulnerability in Avahi versions prior to 0.6.15, where the software fails to properly authenticate the sender of netlink messages. This flaw allows a local attacker to spoof network change notifications to Avahi. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, and its impact is limited to integrity, allowing unauthorized modification of data. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.6.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.