CVE-2006-6870

Name	CVE-2006-6870
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, 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)	buster	0.7-4+deb10u1	fixed
	buster (security)	0.7-4+deb10u3	fixed
	bullseye	0.8-5+deb11u2	fixed
	bookworm	0.8-10	fixed
	sid, trixie	0.8-13	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)	0.6.16-1	low