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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2023-1981 EUVD-2023-24161GHSA-55h6-xcvg-4r99

A vulnerability was found in the avahi library. This flaw allows an unprivileged user to make a dbus call, causing the avahi daemon to cras…

Published May 26, 2023 · Updated Nov 3, 2025 · Assigned by redhat

Description

A vulnerability was found in the avahi library. This flaw allows an unprivileged user to make a dbus call, causing the avahi daemon to crash.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— avahi avahi-0.7-20 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 avahi 0.8-10 —
Debian 13 avahi 0.8-10 —
Debian 12 avahi 0.8-10 —
Debian 11 avahi 0.8-5+deb11u3 DLA-3990-1
Debian 10 avahi 0.7-4+deb10u2 DLA-3414-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS avahi 0.8-5ubuntu5.1 USN-6129-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS avahi 0.7-4ubuntu7.2 USN-6129-1
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS avahi 0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm1 USN-6129-2
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS avahi 0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm2 USN-6129-2
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS avahi 0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm2 USN-6129-2
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 avahi +9 0.8-15.el9 RHSA-2023:6707
RHEL 8 avahi +16 0.7-21.el8 RHSA-2023:7190

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 9 avahi +9 0.8-15.el9 ALSA-2023:6707
AlmaLinux 8 avahi +16 0.7-21.el8 ALSA-2023:7190

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 8 avahi 0.7-21.el8 RLSA-2023:7190
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP4 avahi +1 0.8-150400.7.3.1 SUSE-SU-2023:1994-1
SLES 12 SP5 avahi +1 0.6.32-32.18.1 SUSE-SU-2023:1956-1
Show 5 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 avahi +1 0.6.32-32.18.1 SUSE-SU-2023:1956-1
SLE Real Time 15 SP3 avahi +1 0.7-150100.3.24.1 SUSE-SU-2023:1993-1
SLE Micro 5.4 avahi 0.8-150400.7.3.1 SUSE-SU-2023:1994-1
SLE Micro 5.3 avahi 0.8-150400.7.3.1 SUSE-SU-2023:1994-1
SLE Micro 5.2 avahi 0.7-150100.3.24.1 SUSE-SU-2023:1993-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed avahi 0.8-23.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:12854-1
openSUSE Leap 15.4 avahi +1 0.8-150400.7.3.1 SUSE-SU-2023:1994-1
openSUSE Leap 15.4 avahi-glib2 0.7-150100.3.24.1 SUSE-SU-2023:1994-1, SUSE-SU-2023:1993-1
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 avahi 0.8-150400.7.3.1 SUSE-SU-2023:1994-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 avahi 0.8-r14 —
Alpine v3.23 avahi 0.8-r14 —
Alpine v3.22 avahi 0.8-r14 —
Alpine v3.21 avahi 0.8-r14 —
Alpine v3.20 avahi 0.8-r14 —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 avahi 0.8-r14 —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 avahi +15 0.8-14.amzn2023.0.10 ALAS2023-2023-332
Amazon Linux 2 avahi +21 0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.1 ALAS2-2023-2161

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 avahi 0.8-3 —
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) avahi 0.8-2 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 avahi +9 0.8-15.el9 ELSA-2023-6707
Oracle Linux 8 avahi +16 0.7-21.el8 ELSA-2023-7190

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