CVE-2023-38472

Publication date 2 November 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the avahi_rdata_parse() function.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
avahi 23.10 mantic
Fixed 0.8-10ubuntu1.1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 0.8-6ubuntu1.23.04.2
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was deferred [2023-09-21]
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 0.8-5ubuntu5.2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 0.7-4ubuntu7.3
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
avahi

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-6487-1
    • Avahi vulnerabilities
    • 20 November 2023

Other references