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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-38471): Avahi vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-38471): Avahi vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/02/2023
Created
11/22/2023
Added
11/21/2023
Modified
11/21/2023

Description

A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the dbus_set_host_name function.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-avahi-daemon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libavahi-client3
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libavahi-common3
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libavahi-core7

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