PT-2023-26458 · Avahi+9 · Avahi+9

Pedro Sampaio · Published 2023-04-26 · Updated 2026-03-29 · CVE-2023-38473

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.2

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Avahi (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability was found in Avahi, where a reachable assertion exists in the avahi alternative host name() function.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Assertion Failure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-617

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2023:7836

ALSA-2024:2433

ALT-PU-2024-4236

ALT-PU-2024-8026

AZL-31757

AZL-34553

BDU:2025-03952

CESA-2023_7836

CLEANSTART-2026-MB75553

CVE-2023-38473

DLA-3990-1

INFSA-2024_2433

MGASA-2024-0016

OESA-2023-1793

OPENSUSE-SU-2023_4503-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2023_4910-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13373-1

RHSA-2023:7836

RHSA-2023_7836

RHSA-2024:0418

RHSA-2024:0576

RHSA-2024:2433

RHSA-2024_2433

RLSA-2023:7836

ROSA-SA-2024-2455

SUSE-SU-2023:4499-1

SUSE-SU-2023:4503-1

SUSE-SU-2023:4910-1

SUSE-SU-2023_4499-1

USN-6487-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Almalinux

Astra Linux

Avahi

Centos

Linuxmint

Red Hat

Red Os

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 97

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38469 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-2433.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38473 · Security Note
• https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-7836.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2023-1793 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38470 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38473 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se18-bulletin-2025-0411SE18 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38473 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38473 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38473 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-ALPINE-318-CVE-2023-38473 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38472 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2023-38473 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se17-bulletin-2025-0319SE17 · Vendor Advisory