Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-3502 - Unspecified vulnerability in Avahi 0.85
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
A flaw was found in avahi 0.8-5. A reachable assertion is present in avahi_s_host_name_resolver_start function allowing a local attacker to crash the avahi service by requesting hostname resolutions through the avahi socket or dbus methods for invalid hostnames. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to the service availability.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |