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USN-8269-1: Avahi vulnerabilities

calendar_today May 12, 2026 person domain ubuntu

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.

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