CVE-2021-36217

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-36217  

Avahi 0.8 allows a local denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) against avahi-daemon via the D-Bus interface or a "ping .local" command.

Description

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Avahi 0.8 allows a local denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) against avahi-daemon via the D-Bus interface or a "ping .local" command.

Additional Information

  • Bugzilla 1989381: CVE-2021-36217 avahi: local DoS against avahi-daemon via D-Bus interface
  • FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2021-36217