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.