5.5med
CVE-2023-1981
A vulnerability was found in the avahi library.
Published 3 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
5.5
v3.1 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.4%
percentile 33%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
A vulnerability was found in the avahi library. This flaw allows an unprivileged user to make a dbus call, causing the avahi daemon to crash.
CISA SSVC assessment
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 21 mo ago
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.39% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
- n/a avahi
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
- access.redhat.com /security/cve/CVE-2023-1981 · x_transferred
- bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=2185911 · x_transferred
- github.com /lathiat/avahi/issues/375 · x_transferred
- lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00011.html
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2023-1981
- NVD: CVE-2023-1981
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