Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 12, 2026· Updated Jan 12, 2026
Avahi has a reachable assertion in avahi_wide_area_scan_cache
CVE-2025-68276
Description
Avahi is a system which facilitates service discovery on a local network via the mDNS/DNS-SD protocol suite. In 0.9-rc2 and earlier, an unprivileged local users can crash avahi-daemon (with wide-area disabled) by creating record browsers with the AVAHI_LOOKUP_USE_WIDE_AREA flag set via D-Bus. This can be done by either calling the RecordBrowserNew method directly or creating hostname/address/service resolvers/browsers that create those browsers internally themselves.
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References
3- github.com/avahi/avahi/commit/ede7048475c5d47d53890e3bc1350dda8e0b3688mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/avahi/avahi/pull/806mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/avahi/avahi/security/advisories/GHSA-mhf3-865v-g5rcmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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