LOW
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
Published Nov 14, 2006
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.41%
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 products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
2.1 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.41% 0.00406
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00406
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.41% (0.00406) | 32.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00395) | 31.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.08% (0.00076) | 20.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 11.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 8, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 10, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 12.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (15)
- http://avahi.org/milestone/Avahi%200.6.15 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22807 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22852 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22932 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23020 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23042 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017257 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-13.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:215 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21016 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4474 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30207 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/avahi-tickets/2006-November/000320.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/380-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Nov 14, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 23, 2006
Link CVE-2006-5461
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a