CVE-2017-6519

CRITICALNVD 9.19.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 9.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
9.1
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 3%CVSS: 9.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

avahi-daemon in Avahi through 0.6.32 and 0.7 inadvertently responds to IPv6 unicast queries with source addresses that are not on-link, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) and may cause information leakage by obtaining potentially sensitive information from the responding device via port-5353 UDP packets. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2015-2809.

CVSS v3
9.1
EG Score
9.1(medium)
EPSS
86.1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 1, 2017

Last Modified

May 13, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated May 19, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
generic

Missing link-local checks in Avahi makes DDoS with mDNS traffic reflection possible · Issue #203 · avahi/avahi · GitHub

https://github.com/lathiat/avahi/issues/203#issuecomment-449536790
generic

Missing link-local checks in Avahi makes DDoS with mDNS traffic reflection possible · Issue #203 · avahi/avahi · GitHub

https://github.com/lathiat/avahi/issues/203
redhat Patch Available

1426712 – (CVE-2017-6519) CVE-2017-6519 avahi: Multicast DNS responds to unicast queries outside of local network

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1426712
generic
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2017-6519(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntupython-avahi (0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3) @ xenial2026-05-22ubuntu
ubuntulibavahi-core7 (0.6.30-5ubuntu2.3) @ precise2026-05-22ubuntu
redhatavahi-0:0.6.31-20.el72020-03-31redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(3)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2017-6519?
CVE-2017-6519 is a critical vulnerability published on May 1, 2017. avahi-daemon in Avahi through 0.6.32 and 0.7 inadvertently responds to IPv6 unicast queries with source addresses that are not on-link, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) and may cause information leakage by obtaining potentially sensitive information…
When was CVE-2017-6519 disclosed?
CVE-2017-6519 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 1, 2017, with the most recent update on May 13, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2017-6519 actively exploited?
CVE-2017-6519 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 86.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2017-6519?
CVE-2017-6519 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2017-6519?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2017-6519, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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