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Fencer Vulns
low 2.1

CVE-2006-5461 json

Avahi before 0.6.15 does not verify the sender identity of netlink messages to ensure that they come from the kernel instead of another pro…

published 2006-11-14 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-5446

cvss
2.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Avahi before 0.6.15 does not verify the sender identity of netlink messages to ensure that they come from the kernel instead of another process, which allows local users to spoof network changes to Avahi.

Patch / fix

  • avahi Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.6.15-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5461

  • avahi openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.8-7.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10643-1

Exploit prediction

0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.