CVE-2006-6870 Information

Description

The consume_labels function in avahi-core/dns.c in Avahi before 0.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted compressed DNS response with a label that points to itself.

Reference

http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2362 http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2408 http://secunia.com/advisories/23628 http://secunia.com/advisories/23644 http://secunia.com/advisories/23660 http://secunia.com/advisories/23673 http://secunia.com/advisories/23782 http://secunia.com/advisories/24995 http://www.avahi.org/December2006 http://www.avahi.org/changeset/1340 http://www.avahi.org/ticket/84 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:003 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21881 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-402-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0071