Description
Avahi is a system which facilitates service discovery on a local network via the mDNS/DNS-SD protocol suite. Prior to version 0.9-rc4, any unprivileged local user can crash avahi-daemon by sending a single D-Bus method call with conflicting publish flags. This issue has been patched in version 0.9-rc4.
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References
github.com/.../avahi/security/advisories/GHSA-w65r-6gxh-vhvc
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/11/9
github.com/.../avahi/security/advisories/GHSA-w65r-6gxh-vhvc
github.com/avahi/avahi/pull/891
github.com/...ommit/625ca0fac19229f6dfa3a6c6b698ae657187e50c