CVE-2006-5461
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Avahi before 0.6.15 does not verify the sender identity of netlink messages to ensure that they come from the kernel instead of another process, which allows local users to spoof network changes to Avahi.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- EPSS score
- 0.4% (36th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5446)
- Published
- November 14, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5446 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- avahi / avahi
References
- http://avahi.org/milestone/Avahi%200.6.15
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22807(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22852(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22932
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23020
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23042
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017257
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-13.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:215
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21016
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4474
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30207
- https://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/avahi-tickets/2006-November/000320.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/380-1/
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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