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CVE-2006-6870

Date: January 4, 2007

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.

Severity Score

5.3

Related Resources (18)

Url: http://www.avahi.org/changeset/1340

Url: http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2408

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0071

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21881

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6870

Url: http://www.avahi.org/ticket/84

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23644

Url: http://www.avahi.org/#December2006

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:003

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23628

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-402-1

Url: http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2362

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23660

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23673

Url: http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/24995

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23782

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2006-6870

Severity Score

5.3

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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