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CVE-2023-38470 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2023-38470

CVE-2023-38470

MEDIUM6.2

Reachable assertion in avahi_escape_label

Published Nov 2, 2023

Modified 4 months ago

Details

A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the avahi_escape_label() function.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38470

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2191690

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00011.html

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38470

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

6.2

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

6.2/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness Type (CWE)

Other

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedNov 2, 2023

ModifiedNov 3, 2025