What causes the message logs gets Filled with "Invalid response packet from host" errors in RHEL 7?

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Syslog flooded with messages from the avahi-daemon

    avahi-daemon[633]: Invalid response packet from host xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.
avahi-daemon[633]: Invalid response packet from host xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.
avahi-daemon[633]: Invalid response packet from host xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.
avahi-daemon[633]: Invalid response packet from host xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.
avahi-daemon[633]: Invalid response packet from host xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, 7.2
  • avahi-0.6.31-14.el7

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