avahi — security advisory
The originates_from_local_legacy_unicast_socket function in avahi-core/server.c in avahi-daemon 0.6.23 does not account for the network byte order of a port number when processing incoming multicast packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (network bandwidth and CPU consumption) via a crafted legacy unicast mDNS query packet that triggers a multicast packet storm.
- Products
- avahi
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.6.24-3
- CVEs
- CVE-2009-0758
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:41 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The originates_from_local_legacy_unicast_socket function in avahi-core/server.c in avahi-daemon 0.6.23 does not account for the network byte order of a port number when processing incoming multicast packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (network bandwidth and CPU consumption) via a crafted legacy unicast mDNS query packet that triggers a multicast packet storm.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0758
avahi
Fixed versions: 0.6.24-3
avahi
Fixed versions: 0.6.24-3
avahi
Fixed versions: 0.6.24-3
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:50.277904440Z",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 419218,
"published_at": "2009-03-03T16:30:05.313+00:00"
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