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CVE-2023-38471

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.02 BB Relevance: 47/100
Published: 2023-11-02 Modified: 2026-10-28 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: None
A: High

Description

A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the dbus_set_host_name function.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (8)

VendorProductVersion
avahi avahi < 0.9
avahi avahi 0 < 0.9-rc1
avahi avahi < 0.9
avahi avahi 0 < 0.9-rc1
redhat enterprise_linux 8.0
redhat enterprise_linux 9.0
redhat enterprise_linux 8.0
redhat enterprise_linux 9.0

References & Advisories (3)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2191691
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

Bug Bounty Relevance

47 / 100
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

6.2 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.33%
Raw Score 0.003280
Percentile 25.9%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00328
2026-10-28
0.00328

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
nvd ref →

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