SB2025121947 - Local denial of service in Avahi
Published: December 19, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025121947
Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-59529)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the application ignores the documented client limit and accepts unlimited connections. A local user can initiate multiple socket connections, exhaust daemon memory and file descriptors and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.