CVE-2023-38473

Summary

CVE-2023-38473 is a newly discovered vulnerability that resides in the Avahi mDNS responder. Specifically, an assertion error lies within the avahi_alternative_host_name() function. This issue, if exploited, could lead to the crashing of the Avahi daemon, causing potential service disruptions. Malicious actors could take advantage of this vulnerability to cause denial-of-service conditions, impacting network services that rely on Avahi for multicast DNS name resolution. Users are advised to upgrade their Avahi packages to the latest version, which includes the necessary patch, to mitigate this risk.

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