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CVE-2006-2288

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-05-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Avahi before 0.6.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (mDNS/DNS-SD service disconnect) via unspecified mDNS name conflicts.

Affected products

• avahi: 0.6.7, 0.6.8, 0.6.9

References

• http://0pointer.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/%2Acheckout%2A/trunk/docs/NEWS?root=avahi
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20022
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20215
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_19.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17884
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26330
• http://0pointer.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/%2Acheckout%2A/trunk/docs/NEWS?root=avahi
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20022
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20215
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_19.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17884
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26330

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