CVE-2006-5461

EPSS 0.08%

Published: 11/14/2006Modified: 4/28/2026

Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5461

Description

Avahi before 0.6.15 does not verify the sender identity of netlink messages to ensure that they come from the kernel instead of another process, which allows local users to spoof network changes to Avahi.

Affected packages (1)

Debian/avahifrom 0, < 0.6.15-1

References (1)

ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-5461