CVE-2017-6519

CRITICAL

Avahi < 0.6.32 - Denial of Service via IPv6 Unicast Query Response

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

avahi-daemon in Avahi through 0.6.32 and 0.7 inadvertently responds to IPv6 unicast queries with source addresses that are not on-link, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) and may cause information leakage by obtaining potentially sensitive information from the responding device via port-5353 UDP packets. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2015-2809.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3876-1/
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/lathiat/avahi/issues/203
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1426712
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3876-2/
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.secfu.net/advisories

Scores

CVSS v3 9.1
EPSS 0.0308
EPSS Percentile 86.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-346
Status published
Products (7)
avahi/avahi 0.7
avahi/avahi < 0.6.32
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.10
Published May 01, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026