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.
References
| Link | Resource |
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| https://github.com/avahi/avahi/commit/9c6eb53bf2e290aed84b1f207e3ce35c54cc0aa1 | Patch |
| https://github.com/avahi/avahi/issues/678 | Issue Tracking Exploit Patch |
| https://github.com/avahi/avahi/security/advisories/GHSA-56rf-42xr-qmmg | Vendor Advisory Exploit Patch |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
16 Jan 2026, 16:53
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| First Time |
Avahi
Avahi avahi |
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| References | () https://github.com/avahi/avahi/commit/9c6eb53bf2e290aed84b1f207e3ce35c54cc0aa1 - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/avahi/avahi/issues/678 - Issue Tracking, Exploit, Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/avahi/avahi/security/advisories/GHSA-56rf-42xr-qmmg - Vendor Advisory, Exploit, Patch |
12 Jan 2026, 18:15
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-01-12 18:15
Updated : 2026-01-16 16:53
NVD link : CVE-2025-68471
Mitre link : CVE-2025-68471
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-68471
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Products Affected
avahi
- avahi
CWE
CWE-617
Reachable Assertion
