CVE-2023-38473
mediumA vulnerability was found in Avahi.
Vendor / product: Avahi — avahi
A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the avahi_alternative_host_name() function.
CVSS
5.5
5.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2023-11-02 16:15
Modified: 2026-10-28 17:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 13 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-28 17:38 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
avahi / avahi <0.9
redhat / enterprise_linux 8.0, 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38473 secalert@redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2191694 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38473 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2191694 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00011.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-28 17:38 UTC · record ↗