Medium severity6.2NVD Advisory· Published Nov 2, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-38469
CVE-2023-38469
Description
A vulnerability was found in Avahi, where a reachable assertion exists in avahi_dns_packet_append_record.
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Affected products
56- osv-coords54 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/avahipkg:apk/chainguard/avahi-devpkg:apk/chainguard/avahi-docpkg:apk/wolfi/avahipkg:apk/wolfi/avahi-devpkg:apk/wolfi/avahi-docpkg:rpm/almalinux/avahipkg:rpm/almalinux/avahi-autoipdpkg:rpm/almalinux/avahi-compat-howlpkg:rpm/almalinux/avahi-compat-howl-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/avahi-compat-libdns_sdpkg:rpm/almalinux/avahi-compat-libdns_sd-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/avahi-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/avahi-glibpkg:rpm/almalinux/avahi-glib-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/avahi-gobjectpkg:rpm/almalinux/avahi-gobject-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/avahi-libspkg:rpm/almalinux/avahi-toolspkg:rpm/almalinux/avahi-uipkg:rpm/almalinux/avahi-ui-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/avahi-ui-gtk3pkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-avahipkg:rpm/opensuse/avahi&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/avahi&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/avahi&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/avahi&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/avahi&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/avahi-glib2&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/avahi-glib2&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/avahi-qt5&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/avahi-qt5&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/suse/avahi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/suse/avahi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/avahi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.4pkg:rpm/suse/avahi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.5pkg:rpm/suse/avahi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/avahi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/avahi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/avahi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/avahi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/avahi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/avahi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/avahi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/avahi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/avahi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0pkg:rpm/suse/avahi-glib2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/avahi-glib2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/avahi-glib2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/avahi-glib2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/avahi-glib2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/avahi-glib2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/avahi-glib2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/avahi-glib2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP5
< 0.9_rc1-r0+ 53 more
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Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38469nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00011.htmlnvd
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