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CVE-2023-38472

Published: 2 November 2023

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

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
avahi
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
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)
kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was deferred [2023-09-21])
lunar
Released (0.8-6ubuntu1.23.04.2)
mantic
Released (0.8-10ubuntu1.1)
trusty
Released (0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm3)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream Needs triage

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/b024ae5749f4aeba03478e6391687c3c9c8dee40

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