CVE-2008-5081 (GCVE-0-2008-5081)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-12-17 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:40
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The originates_from_local_legacy_unicast_socket function (avahi-core/server.c) in avahi-daemon in Avahi before 0.6.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mDNS packet with a source port of 0, which triggers an assertion failure.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
13 references
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|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/33220 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/14/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/33279 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
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| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-696-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1690 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32825 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7520 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-11.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/33153 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/33475 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://avahi.org/milestone/Avahi%200.6.24 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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2008-12-12 00:00
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
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Nomenclature
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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