CVE-2011-1002

Public Exploit

Description

avahi-core/socket.c in avahi-daemon in Avahi before 0.6.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an empty mDNS (1) IPv4 or (2) IPv6 UDP packet to port 5353. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-2244.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 74.66% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0779.html vendor advisory broken link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65525 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/9 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0436.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0511 vdb entry broken link
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/18/1 third party advisory mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/43605 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/43465 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/43673 third party advisory broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0601 vdb entry broken link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667187 issue tracking third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0969 vdb entry broken link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65524 vdb entry not applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/44131 third party advisory broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:040 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46446 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:037 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0448 vdb entry broken link vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2174 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0499 vdb entry broken link vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/70948 vdb entry broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/43361 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0670 vdb entry broken link
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/cve-2011-1002-avahi-daemon-remote-denial-of-service/ third party advisory exploit
http://avahi.org/ticket/325 broken link
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055858.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0565 vdb entry broken link
http://git.0pointer.de/?p=avahi.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=46109dfec75534fe270c0ab902576f685d5ab3a6 broken link
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1084-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/18/4 third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-1002?
CVE-2011-1002 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-1002?
To fix CVE-2011-1002, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-1002 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-1002 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~75% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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