CVE-2010-2244
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 2.3%EU EUVD
The AvahiDnsPacket function in avahi-core/socket.c in avahi-daemon in Avahi 0.6.16 and 0.6.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a DNS packet with an invalid checksum followed by a DNS packet with a valid checksum, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5081.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 2.3% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-2256)
- Published
- July 8, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-2256 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- avahi / avahi
- avahi / avahi
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043800.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043820.html
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127748459505200&w=2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2086
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:204
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/23/4
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024200
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=607293
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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