Bug 1216419 (CVE-2023-38473) - VUL-0: CVE-2023-38473: avahi,avahi-glib2,avahi-qt5: Reachable assertion in avahi_alternative_host_name
Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2023-38473: avahi,avahi-glib2,avahi-qt5: Reachable assertion in av...
Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-38473
Product: SUSE Security Incidents
Classification: Novell Products
Component: Incidents (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P3 - Medium : Normal
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QA Contact: Security Team bot
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/372783/
Whiteboard: CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2023-38473:6.2:(AV:...
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Reported: 2023-10-19 12:42 UTC by SMASH SMASH
Modified: 2023-12-19 16:31 UTC (History)
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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.