news 28 Posted January 12, 2009 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: avahi security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:0013-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0013.html Issue date: 2009-01-12 CVE Names: CVE-2008-5081 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: Updated avahi packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64 3. Description: Avahi is an implementation of the DNS Service Discovery and Multicast DNS specifications for Zeroconf Networking. It facilitates service discovery on a local network. Avahi and Avahi-aware applications allow you to plug your computer into a network and, with no configuration, view other people to chat with, see printers to print to, and find shared files on other computers. Hugo Dias discovered a denial of service flaw in avahi-daemon. A remote attacker on the same local area network (LAN) could send a specially-crafted mDNS (Multicast DNS) packet that would cause avahi-daemon to exit unexpectedly due to a failed assertion check. (CVE-2008-5081) All users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch which resolves this issue. After installing the update, avahi-daemon will be restarted automatically. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 475964 - CVE-2008-5081 avahi: avahi-daemon DoS (application abort) via packet with source port 0 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/avahi-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.src.rpm i386: avahi-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-compat-howl-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-debuginfo-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-glib-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-qt3-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-tools-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm x86_64: avahi-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm avahi-compat-howl-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-compat-howl-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm avahi-debuginfo-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-debuginfo-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm avahi-glib-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-glib-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm avahi-qt3-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-qt3-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm avahi-tools-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/avahi-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.src.rpm i386: avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-debuginfo-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-glib-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-qt3-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm x86_64: avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm avahi-debuginfo-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-debuginfo-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm avahi-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm avahi-glib-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-glib-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm avahi-qt3-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-qt3-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/avahi-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.src.rpm i386: avahi-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-compat-howl-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-debuginfo-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-glib-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-glib-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-qt3-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-qt3-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-tools-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm ia64: avahi-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ia64.rpm avahi-compat-howl-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ia64.rpm avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ia64.rpm avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ia64.rpm avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ia64.rpm avahi-debuginfo-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ia64.rpm avahi-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ia64.rpm avahi-glib-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ia64.rpm avahi-glib-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ia64.rpm avahi-qt3-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ia64.rpm avahi-qt3-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ia64.rpm avahi-tools-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ia64.rpm ppc: avahi-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ppc.rpm avahi-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ppc64.rpm avahi-compat-howl-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ppc.rpm avahi-compat-howl-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ppc64.rpm avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ppc.rpm avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ppc64.rpm avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ppc.rpm avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ppc64.rpm avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ppc.rpm avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ppc64.rpm avahi-debuginfo-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ppc.rpm avahi-debuginfo-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ppc64.rpm avahi-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ppc.rpm avahi-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ppc64.rpm avahi-glib-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ppc.rpm avahi-glib-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ppc64.rpm avahi-glib-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ppc.rpm avahi-glib-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ppc64.rpm avahi-qt3-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ppc.rpm avahi-qt3-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ppc64.rpm avahi-qt3-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ppc.rpm avahi-qt3-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ppc64.rpm avahi-tools-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.ppc.rpm s390x: avahi-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.s390.rpm avahi-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.s390x.rpm avahi-compat-howl-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.s390.rpm avahi-compat-howl-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.s390x.rpm avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.s390.rpm avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.s390x.rpm avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.s390.rpm avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.s390x.rpm avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.s390.rpm avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.s390x.rpm avahi-debuginfo-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.s390.rpm avahi-debuginfo-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.s390x.rpm avahi-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.s390.rpm avahi-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.s390x.rpm avahi-glib-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.s390.rpm avahi-glib-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.s390x.rpm avahi-glib-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.s390.rpm avahi-glib-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.s390x.rpm avahi-qt3-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.s390.rpm avahi-qt3-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.s390x.rpm avahi-qt3-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.s390.rpm avahi-qt3-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.s390x.rpm avahi-tools-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.s390x.rpm x86_64: avahi-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm avahi-compat-howl-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-compat-howl-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm avahi-debuginfo-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-debuginfo-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm avahi-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm avahi-glib-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-glib-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm avahi-glib-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-glib-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm avahi-qt3-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-qt3-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm avahi-qt3-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm avahi-qt3-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm avahi-tools-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. 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