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Reachable Assertion

CVE-2023-38471

Severity Medium
Score 6.2/10

Summary

A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the dbus_set_host_name function.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion

The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published