{"id":"RLSA-2023:7190","summary":"Moderate: avahi security update","details":"Avahi is an implementation of the DNS Service Discovery and Multicast DNS specifications for Zero Configuration Networking. It facilitates service discovery on a local network. Avahi and Avahi-aware applications allow you to plug your computer into a network and, with no configuration, view other people to chat with, view printers to print with, and find shared files on other computers.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* avahi: avahi-daemon can be crashed via DBus (CVE-2023-1981)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.\n\nAdditional Changes:\n\nFor detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.","modified":"2026-02-04T09:45:06.892492Z","published":"2023-11-28T22:42:52.397971Z","upstream":["CVE-2023-1981"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:7190"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2185911"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"avahi","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/avahi?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:0.7-21.el8"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"BaseOS"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2023:7190.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}