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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