DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38470 — Vulnetix

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38470 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the avahi_escape_label() function.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1

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
Debian:13	avahi	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	avahi	0.8-5+deb11u2, 0.8-5+deb11u1, 0.8-5+deb11u2
Debian:14	avahi	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	avahi	0, 0.8-10, 0

Exploit Intelligence

avahi.rb (github-poc)
avahi.rb (github-poc)

Timeline

Nov 2, 2023 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-38470 advisory

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