Thursday, May 14, 2026

[USN-8269-1] Avahi vulnerabilities

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8269-1 May 12, 2026 avahi vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - Ubuntu 25.10 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Avahi. Software Description: - avahi: IPv4LL network address configuration daemon Details: It is discovered that Avahi incorrectly handled crafted input. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-24401) Guillaume Meunier discovered that Avahi incorrectly handled crafted input. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-34933) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS avahi-daemon 0.8-18ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 25.10 avahi-daemon 0.8-16ubuntu3.2 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS avahi-daemon 0.8-13ubuntu6.2 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS avahi-daemon 0.8-5ubuntu5.5 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS avahi-daemon 0.7-4ubuntu7.3+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS avahi-daemon 0.7-3.1ubuntu1.3+esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS avahi-daemon 0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 14.04 LTS avahi-daemon 0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8269-1 CVE-2026-24401, CVE-2026-34933 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/avahi/0.8-18ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/avahi/0.8-16ubuntu3.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/avahi/0.8-13ubuntu6.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/avahi/0.8-5ubuntu5.5

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