CVE-2025-68471
Avahi has a reachable assertion in lookup_start
Summary
Avahi has a reachable assertion in lookup_start
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Avahi is a system which facilitates service discovery on a local network via the mDNS/DNS-SD protocol suite. In 0.9-rc2 and earlier, avahi-daemon can be crashed by sending 2 unsolicited announcements with CNAME resource records 2 seconds apart.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2025-68471 avahi Fixed in: 0.8-r25
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68471 avahi
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- patch github.com
- report github.com