Medium6.5Red Hat & Ubuntu Linux
Denial of Service via crafted mDNS/DNS-SD announcements
CVE-2025-68468 Published Jan 12, 2026
CVE-2025-68468
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat & Ubuntu LinuxUnclassified
Summary
Denial of Service via crafted mDNS/DNS-SD announcements. Red Hat rates this moderate (CVSS 6.5). Weakness: CWE-617. Affected package(s): avahi-main. Resolved in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:11316 — update the affected packages (`sudo dnf update`).
Affected versions
- avahi-main-0.9~rc4-0.1.hum1
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Fixed versions
- RHSA-2026:11316
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 6 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
Recommended fix / mitigation
- Update the affected package(s) to the fixed version shipped in RHSA-2026:11316 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 6 hours ago·verify at source
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