CVE-2021-26720 (GCVE-0-2021-26720)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-17 21:19 – Updated: 2024-08-03 20:33
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Summary
avahi-daemon-check-dns.sh in the Debian avahi package through 0.8-4 is executed as root via /etc/network/if-up.d/avahi-daemon, and allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service or create arbitrary empty files via a symlink attack on files under /run/avahi-daemon. NOTE: this only affects the packaging for Debian GNU/Linux (used indirectly by SUSE), not the upstream Avahi product.
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