USN-3876-1: Avahi vulnerabilities
31 January 2019
Several security issues were fixed in Avahi.
Releases
Packages
- avahi - Avahi IPv4LL network address configuration daemon
Details
Chad Seaman discovered that Avahi incorrectly handled certain messages.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2017-6519, CVE-2018-1000845)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 18.10
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.