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CVE-2006-5461 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://avahi.org/milestone/Avahi%200.6.15	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/22807	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22852	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22932	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23020	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23042	CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017257	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30207	CVE
https://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/avahi-tickets/2006-November/000320.html	CVE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/380-1/	CVE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-13.xml	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:215	CVE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21016	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4474	CVE
http://avahi.org/milestone/Avahi%200.6.15	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22807	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22852	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22932	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23020	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23042	[email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017257	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30207	[email protected]
https://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/avahi-tickets/2006-November/000320.html	[email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/380-1/	[email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-13.xml	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:215	[email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21016	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4474	[email protected]

see all 30 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
avahi avahi	<= 0.6.14
CPE cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 20, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 15, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]