Ubuntu Security Notice 3876-1 - Chad Seaman discovered that Avahi incorrectly handled certain messages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3876-1
January 31, 2019
avahi vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in Avahi.
Software Description:
- avahi: Avahi IPv4LL network address configuration daemon
Details:
Chad Seaman discovered that Avahi incorrectly handled certain messages.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2017-6519, CVE-2018-1000845)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 18.10:
avahi-daemon 0.7-4ubuntu2.1
libavahi-core7 0.7-4ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
avahi-daemon 0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2
libavahi-core7 0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
avahi-daemon 0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3
libavahi-core7 0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
avahi-daemon 0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3
libavahi-core7 0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3876-1
CVE-2017-6519, CVE-2018-1000845
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/avahi/0.7-4ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/avahi/0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/avahi/0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/avahi/0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3