Denial of Service Vulnerability in Avahi Daemon by Avahi Technologies
CVE-2010-2244
Currently unrated
What is CVE-2010-2244?
The Avahi Daemon, specifically the AvahiDnsPacket function in avahi-core/socket.c, is susceptible to a denial of service attack. By sending a DNS packet with an invalid checksum followed by a subsequent packet containing a valid checksum, remote attackers can trigger an assertion failure within the daemon, leading to an unexpected exit. This vulnerability can disrupt network services relying on Avahi for service discovery and may impact overall system availability.