CVE-2006-5461 (GCVE-0-2006-5461)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-11-14 22:00
Modified
2024-08-07 19:48
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Avahi before 0.6.15 does not verify the sender identity of netlink messages to ensure that they come from the kernel instead of another process, which allows local users to spoof network changes to Avahi.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://avahi.org/milestone/Avahi%200.6.15
secalert@redhat.com http://secunia.com/advisories/22807 Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://secunia.com/advisories/22852 Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://secunia.com/advisories/22932
secalert@redhat.com http://secunia.com/advisories/23020
secalert@redhat.com http://secunia.com/advisories/23042
secalert@redhat.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1017257
secalert@redhat.com http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-13.xml
secalert@redhat.com http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:215
secalert@redhat.com http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21016
secalert@redhat.com http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4474
secalert@redhat.com https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30207
secalert@redhat.com https://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/avahi-tickets/2006-November/000320.html
secalert@redhat.com https://usn.ubuntu.com/380-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://avahi.org/milestone/Avahi%200.6.15
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/22807 Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/22852 Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/22932
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/23020
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/23042
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://securitytracker.com/id?1017257
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-13.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:215
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21016
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4474
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30207
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/avahi-tickets/2006-November/000320.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://usn.ubuntu.com/380-1/
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