CVE-2023-1981

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.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1981	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2185911	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/lathiat/avahi/issues/375	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1981	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2185911	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/lathiat/avahi/issues/375	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00011.html

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.7-20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:::::::*

History

03 Nov 2025, 22:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00011.html -

Information

Published : 2023-05-26 18:15

Updated : 2025-11-03 22:16

NVD link : CVE-2023-1981

Mitre link : CVE-2023-1981

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-1981

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Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux

avahi

avahi

fedoraproject

fedora

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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