Medium severity · published Nov 2, 2023
CVE-2023-38472
A vulnerability was found in Avahi
5.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the avahi_rdata_parse() function.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 25% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AV
Avahi · Avahi
before 0.9 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38472
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38472
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38472
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2191692
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00011.html
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