Bug 1216419 (CVE-2023-38473)

Summary:	VUL-0: CVE-2023-38473: avahi,avahi-glib2,avahi-qt5: Reachable assertion in avahi_alternative_host_name
Product:	[Novell Products] SUSE Security Incidents	Reporter:	SMASH SMASH <smash_bz>
Component:	Incidents	Assignee:	Security Team bot <security-team>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:	Security Team bot <security-team>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P3 - Medium	CC:	gianluca.gabrielli, gnome-bugs, yfjiang
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/372783/
Whiteboard:	CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2023-38473:6.2:(AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Found By:	Security Response Team	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---

Description SMASH SMASH 2023-10-19 12:42:29 UTC

A reachable assertion was found in avahi_alternative_host_name.

References:

https://github.com/lathiat/avahi/issues/451

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2023-38473

Comment 1 Gianluca Gabrielli 2023-10-19 12:45:39 UTC

Affected packages:
 - SUSE:ALP:Source:Standard:1.0/avahi
 - SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update/avahi
 - SUSE:SLE-15-SP1:Update/avahi
 - SUSE:SLE-15-SP4:Update/avahi
 - openSUSE:Factory/avahi  
 - SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update/avahi-glib2
 - SUSE:SLE-15-SP1:Update/avahi-glib2
 - SUSE:SLE-15-SP4:Update/avahi-glib2

Upstream patch [0].

[0] https://github.com/lathiat/avahi/commit/b448c9f771bada14ae8de175695a9729f8646797

Comment 7 Maintenance Automation 2023-11-21 12:30:11 UTC

SUSE-SU-2023:4499-1: An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1216419
CVE References: CVE-2023-38473
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 (src): avahi-0.6.32-32.21.1, avahi-glib2-0.6.32-32.21.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (src): avahi-0.6.32-32.21.1, avahi-glib2-0.6.32-32.21.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (src): avahi-0.6.32-32.21.1, avahi-glib2-0.6.32-32.21.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (src): avahi-0.6.32-32.21.1, avahi-glib2-0.6.32-32.21.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP5 (src): avahi-glib2-0.6.32-32.21.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.

Comment 8 Maintenance Automation 2023-11-21 16:30:37 UTC

SUSE-SU-2023:4503-1: An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1215947, 1216419
CVE References: CVE-2023-38470, CVE-2023-38473
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 15.4 (src): avahi-glib2-0.8-150400.7.10.1, avahi-0.8-150400.7.10.1, avahi-qt5-0.8-150400.7.10.1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 (src): avahi-0.8-150400.7.10.1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 (src): avahi-0.8-150400.7.10.1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 (src): avahi-glib2-0.8-150400.7.10.1, avahi-0.8-150400.7.10.1, avahi-qt5-0.8-150400.7.10.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (src): avahi-0.8-150400.7.10.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (src): avahi-0.8-150400.7.10.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (src): avahi-0.8-150400.7.10.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (src): avahi-0.8-150400.7.10.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (src): avahi-0.8-150400.7.10.1
Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (src): avahi-glib2-0.8-150400.7.10.1, avahi-0.8-150400.7.10.1
Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (src): avahi-glib2-0.8-150400.7.10.1, avahi-0.8-150400.7.10.1
Desktop Applications Module 15-SP4 (src): avahi-glib2-0.8-150400.7.10.1, avahi-0.8-150400.7.10.1
Desktop Applications Module 15-SP5 (src): avahi-glib2-0.8-150400.7.10.1, avahi-0.8-150400.7.10.1
SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP4 (src): avahi-0.8-150400.7.10.1
SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP5 (src): avahi-0.8-150400.7.10.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.

Comment 11 Maintenance Automation 2023-12-19 16:31:32 UTC

SUSE-SU-2023:4910-1: An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1215947, 1216419
CVE References: CVE-2023-38470, CVE-2023-38473
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 15.4 (src): avahi-glib2-0.7-150100.3.29.1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 (src): avahi-glib2-0.7-150100.3.29.1, avahi-0.7-150100.3.29.1
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 (src): avahi-glib2-0.7-150100.3.29.1, avahi-0.7-150100.3.29.1
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 (src): avahi-glib2-0.7-150100.3.29.1, avahi-0.7-150100.3.29.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 (src): avahi-0.7-150100.3.29.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 (src): avahi-0.7-150100.3.29.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.