Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 12, 2026· Updated Jan 12, 2026
Avahi has a reachable assertion in lookup_start
CVE-2025-68471
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, avahi-daemon can be crashed by sending 2 unsolicited announcements with CNAME resource records 2 seconds apart.
Affected products
1- Range: <= 0.9-rc2
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
3- github.com/avahi/avahi/commit/9c6eb53bf2e290aed84b1f207e3ce35c54cc0aa1mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/avahi/avahi/issues/678mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/avahi/avahi/security/advisories/GHSA-56rf-42xr-qmmgmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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