CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-6870

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2006-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2006-12-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

The consume_labels function in avahi-core/dns.c in Avahi before 0.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted compressed DNS response with a label that points to itself.

Affected configurations

• avahi avahi 0.6.7 • avahi avahi 0.6.8 • avahi avahi 0.6.9 • avahi avahi 0.6.10 • avahi avahi 0.6.11 • avahi avahi 0.6.12 • avahi avahi 0.6.13 • avahi avahi 0.6.14 • avahi avahi 0.6.15

Related

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References