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CVE-2023-38469medium6.2

Reachable assertion in avahi_dns_packet_append_record

Impact

A reachable assertion exists in Avahi's avahi_dns_packet_append_record, affecting versions before 0.9-rc1. The weakness is described as a reachable assertion. Impact is not specified.

Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.

Affected packages

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Affected products

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avahi · redhat

avahi

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affected

0 → before 0.9-rc1

semver versions

unaffected

unknown

Other versions: unaffected

Red Hat · redhat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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Product identifiers (CPE)cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Red Hat · redhat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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affected

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Product identifiers (CPE)cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

Red Hat · redhat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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affected

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Product identifiers (CPE)cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

Red Hat · redhat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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affected

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Product identifiers (CPE)cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

Fedora · redhat

Fedora

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Original source description

A vulnerability was found in Avahi, where a reachable assertion exists in avahi_dns_packet_append_record.

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Weakness classification
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CVE-2023-38469

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Underlying weaknesses

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CWE-617 ↗

Reachable Assertion

redhat

Related →
Contributing organizations · 3
redhat

Assigning organization

2026-10-28
CVE

Additional data publisher

2025-11-03
CISA-ADP

Additional data publisher

2024-08-29

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References

3 sources
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38469
vdb-entryredhat · CVE
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
issue-trackingredhat · CVE
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00011.html
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