| Name | CVE-2023-38471 |
| Description | A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the dbus_set_host_name function. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1054878 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| avahi (PTS) | buster | 0.7-4+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 0.7-4+deb10u3 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 0.8-5+deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 0.8-10 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 0.8-13 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| avahi | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1054878 |
Notes
[bookworm] - avahi <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - avahi <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - avahi <postponed> (Minor issue; re-evaluate when fixed upstream)
https://github.com/lathiat/avahi/issues/453
https://github.com/lathiat/avahi/pull/494
https://github.com/lathiat/avahi/commit/894f085f402e023a98cbb6f5a3d117bd88d93b09
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/06/4