Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-402-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
A flaw was discovered in Avahi's handling of compressed DNS packets. If a specially crafted reply were received over the network, the Avahi daemon would go into an infinite loop, causing a denial of service.
Affected
avahi vulnerability on Ubuntu 5.10 ,
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS ,
Ubuntu 6.10
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2006-6870 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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