CVE-2006-5461

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, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

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