ghsa-mc78-8grw-5ghv
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-01 07:42
Modified
2022-05-01 07:42
Details

The consume_labels function in avahi-core/dns.c in Avahi before 0.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted compressed DNS response with a label that points to itself.

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{
   affected: [],
   aliases: [
      "CVE-2006-6870",
   ],
   database_specific: {
      cwe_ids: [],
      github_reviewed: false,
      github_reviewed_at: null,
      nvd_published_at: "2006-12-31T05:00:00Z",
      severity: "MODERATE",
   },
   details: "The consume_labels function in avahi-core/dns.c in Avahi before 0.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted compressed DNS response with a label that points to itself.",
   id: "GHSA-mc78-8grw-5ghv",
   modified: "2022-05-01T07:42:22Z",
   published: "2022-05-01T07:42:22Z",
   references: [
      {
         type: "ADVISORY",
         url: "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6870",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2362",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2408",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://secunia.com/advisories/23628",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://secunia.com/advisories/23644",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://secunia.com/advisories/23660",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://secunia.com/advisories/23673",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://secunia.com/advisories/23782",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://secunia.com/advisories/24995",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.avahi.org/#December2006",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.avahi.org/changeset/1340",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.avahi.org/ticket/84",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:003",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21881",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-402-1",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0071",
      },
   ],
   schema_version: "1.4.0",
   severity: [],
}


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