RHSA-2011:0436Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: avahi security update

Published
April 12, 2011
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2011-1002 →

📋 Description

CVE-2011-1002 — avahi: daemon infinite loop triggered by an empty UDP packet (CVE-2010-2244 fix regression)

🎯 Affected products84

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-compat-howl-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-compat-howl-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-compat-howl-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-compat-howl-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-compat-howl-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-compat-howl-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-compat-howl-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-compat-howl-devel-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-compat-howl-devel-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-compat-howl-devel-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-compat-howl-devel-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-compat-howl-devel-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-compat-howl-devel-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-compat-howl-devel-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

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