| Name | CVE-2023-38470 |
| Description | A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the avahi_escape_label() function. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3990-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1054877 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| avahi (PTS) | bullseye | 0.8-5+deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 0.8-5+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.8-10+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 0.8-16 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| avahi | source | bullseye | 0.8-5+deb11u3 | | DLA-3990-1 | |
| avahi | source | bookworm | 0.8-10+deb12u1 | | | |
| avahi | source | (unstable) | 0.8-14 | | | 1054877 |
Notes
[buster] - avahi <postponed> (Minor issue; re-evaluate when fixed upstream)
https://github.com/avahi/avahi/issues/454
https://github.com/avahi/avahi/pull/457
https://github.com/avahi/avahi/commit/94cb6489114636940ac683515417990b55b5d66c (v0.9-rc1)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/06/4