| Name | CVE-2006-5461 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| avahi (PTS) | bullseye | 0.8-5+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 0.8-5+deb11u3 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 0.8-10+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 0.8-16 | fixed | |
| forky, sid | 0.8-17 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| avahi | source | (unstable) | 0.6.15-1 | low |