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CVE-2023-38471

Published: 2 November 2023

A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the dbus_set_host_name function.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
avahi
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Needs triage

kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was deferred [2023-09-21])
mantic
Released (0.8-10ubuntu1.1)
bionic
Released (0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm2)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
focal
Released (0.7-4ubuntu7.3)
jammy
Released (0.8-5ubuntu5.2)
lunar
Released (0.8-6ubuntu1.23.04.2)
trusty
Released (0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
xenial
Released (0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm3)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/lathiat/avahi/commit/894f085f402e023a98cbb6f5a3d117bd88d93b09

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H