avahi: assertion failure after receiving a packet with corrupted checksum
Published Jul 7, 2010
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.27%
Description
The AvahiDnsPacket function in avahi-core/socket.c in avahi-daemon in Avahi 0.6.16 and 0.6.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a DNS packet with an invalid checksum followed by a DNS packet with a valid checksum, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5081.
Affected products
No data.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
avahi-0:0.6.16-9.el5_5
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0528
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
avahi
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | avahi-0:0.6.16-9.el5_5 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0528 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | avahi | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.27% (0.02273) | 82.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.64% (0.02636) | 83.52th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.41% (0.01409) | 79.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.20% (0.03201) | 91.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.20% (0.03201) | 89.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 77.90th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043800.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043820.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127748459505200&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2086 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:204 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/23/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024200 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2244 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=607293 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2244
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2244
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043800.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043820.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127748459505200&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2086 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:204 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/23/4 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024200 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2244 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=607293 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2244 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2244 |
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