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CVE-2009-0758 Details

Description

The originates_from_local_legacy_unicast_socket function in avahi-core/server.c in avahi-daemon 0.6.23 does not account for the network byte order of a port number when processing incoming multicast packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (network bandwidth and CPU consumption) via a crafted legacy unicast mDNS query packet that triggers a multicast packet storm.

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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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=517683 CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00000.html CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/38420 CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2086 CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:076 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-399Resource Management Errors[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
avahi avahi-daemon
0.6.23

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi-daemon:0.6.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0758
NVD Published Date:
Mar 3, 2009
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2009-0758 Details - Not Deferred