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-rw-r--r-- | avahi-core/netlink.c | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | configure.ac | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | docs/NEWS | 12 |
3 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/avahi-core/netlink.c b/avahi-core/netlink.c index b2a6684..893295d 100644 --- a/avahi-core/netlink.c +++ b/avahi-core/netlink.c @@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ int avahi_netlink_work(AvahiNetlink *nl, int block) { p = (struct nlmsghdr *) nl->buffer; + /* Check that this message originated from the kernel, + or a request from avahi itself, and not another process */ + if ((p->nlmsg_pid != 0) && (p->nlmsg_pid != getpid())) { + return -1; + } + assert(nl->callback); for (; bytes > 0; p = NLMSG_NEXT(p, bytes)) { diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 0acb7dc..fe26066 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ # USA. AC_PREREQ(2.57) -AC_INIT([avahi],[0.6.14],[avahi (at) lists (dot) freedesktop (dot) org]) +AC_INIT([avahi],[0.6.15],[avahi (at) lists (dot) freedesktop (dot) org]) AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([avahi-core/server.c]) AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h]) AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign 1.9 -Wall]) @@ -1,3 +1,15 @@ +Avahi 0.6.15 +============ + +This is a bugfix release, this bug is potentially security sensitive + + * Check that netlink messages actually originate from the kernel + and not another process. + * Fix build on NetBSD (thanks to Daniel S. Haischt) + * Fix dbus_service_browser not setting AVAHI_LOOKUP_RESULT_OUR_OWN. + +This release is backwards compatible with Avahi 0.6.x with x < 15. + Avahi 0.6.14 ============ |