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ALPINE-CVE-2023-1981 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1

5.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Alpine:v3.22	avahi	0, 0.6.31-r7, 0.8-r13
Alpine:v3.20	avahi	0, 0.6.28-r0, 0.6.28-r1
Alpine:v3.23	avahi	0.8-r0, 0, 0.6.28-r0
Alpine:v3.19	avahi	0.6.29-r0, 0.8-r6, 0
Alpine:v3.21	avahi	0.6.28-r0, 0.6.28-r0, 0.6.28-r1

Timeline

May 26, 2023 CVE Published
Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-1981 advisory

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