| Name | CVE-2023-38469 |
| Description | A vulnerability was found in Avahi, where a reachable assertion exists in avahi_dns_packet_append_record. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1054876 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| avahi (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.6.31-5+deb8u2 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 0.6.32-2+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 0.6.32-2+deb9u2 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 0.7-4+deb10u3 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 0.8-5+deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 0.8-10 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 0.8-13 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| avahi | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1054876 |
Notes
[bookworm] - avahi <no-dsa> (Minor issue; can be mitigated by setting disable-user-service-publishing to yes)
[bullseye] - avahi <no-dsa> (Minor issue; can be mitigated by setting disable-user-service-publishing to yes)
[buster] - avahi <postponed> (Minor issue; can be mitigated by setting disable-user-service-publishing to yes)
https://github.com/avahi/avahi/issues/455
https://github.com/avahi/avahi/pull/500
Fixed by: https://github.com/avahi/avahi/commit/a337a1ba7d15853fb56deef1f464529af6e3a1cf (v0.9-rc1)
Tests: https://github.com/avahi/avahi/commit/c6cab87df290448a63323c8ca759baa516166237
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/06/4
[stretch] - avahi <postponed> (Minor issue; can be mitigated by setting disable-user-service-publishing to yes)
[jessie] - avahi <postponed> (Minor issue; can be mitigated by setting disable-user-service-publishing to yes)