CVE-2025-68468 (GCVE-0-2025-68468)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-12 17:38 – Updated: 2026-01-12 18:41
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Avahi has a reachable assertion in lookup_multicast_callback
Summary
Avahi is a system which facilitates service discovery on a local network via the mDNS/DNS-SD protocol suite. In 0.9-rc2 and earlier, avahi-daemon can be crashed by sending unsolicited announcements containing CNAME resource records pointing it to resource records with short TTLs. As soon as they expire avahi-daemon crashes.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-01-12 18:41 UTC
CWE
- CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/avahi/avahi/security/advisorie… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/avahi/avahi/issues/683 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/avahi/avahi/commit/f66be13d7f3… | x_refsource_MISC |
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