USN-3876-2: Avahi vulnerabilities
USN-3876-2: Avahi vulnerabilities avahi vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.04 ESM Summary Several security issues were fixed in Avahi. Software Description avahi – Avahi IPv4LL network address configuration daemon Details USN-3876-1 fixed a vulnerability in Avahi. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Chad Seaman discovered that Avahi incorrectly handled certain messages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-6519, CVE-2018-1000845) Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 ESM avahi-daemon – 0.6.30-5ubuntu2.3 libavahi-core7 – 0.6.30-5ubuntu2.3 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References USN-3876-1 CVE-2017-6519 CVE-2018-1000845 Source: USN-3876-2: Avahi vulnerabilities