CVE-2006-6870 (GCVE-0-2006-6870)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-01-05 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:42
VLAI
Summary
The consume_labels function in avahi-core/dns.c in Avahi before 0.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted compressed DNS response with a label that points to itself.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
canonical CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 60 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/23644 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.avahi.org/ticket/84 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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http://secunia.com/advisories/23660 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/24995 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.avahi.org/changeset/1340 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2408 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://secunia.com/advisories/23628 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/23782 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-402-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21881 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2006-12-29 00:00
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}



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