diff --git a/0001-Emit-error-if-requested-service-is-not-found.patch b/0001-Emit-error-if-requested-service-is-not-found.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06088a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Emit-error-if-requested-service-is-not-found.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+From a2696da2f2c50ac43b6c4903f72290d5c3fa9f6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Petr=20Men=C5=A1=C3=ADk?= <pemensik@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 01:51:53 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Emit error if requested service is not found
+
+It currently just crashes instead of replying with error. Check return
+value and emit error instead of passing NULL pointer to reply.
+
+Fixes #375
+---
+ avahi-daemon/dbus-protocol.c | 20 ++++++++++++++------
+ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/avahi-daemon/dbus-protocol.c b/avahi-daemon/dbus-protocol.c
+index 70d7687..406d0b4 100644
+--- a/avahi-daemon/dbus-protocol.c
++++ b/avahi-daemon/dbus-protocol.c
+@@ -375,10 +375,14 @@ static DBusHandlerResult dbus_get_alternative_host_name(DBusConnection *c, DBusM
+     }
+ 
+     t = avahi_alternative_host_name(n);
+-    avahi_dbus_respond_string(c, m, t);
+-    avahi_free(t);
++    if (t) {
++        avahi_dbus_respond_string(c, m, t);
++        avahi_free(t);
+ 
+-    return DBUS_HANDLER_RESULT_HANDLED;
++        return DBUS_HANDLER_RESULT_HANDLED;
++    } else {
++        return avahi_dbus_respond_error(c, m, AVAHI_ERR_NOT_FOUND, "Hostname not found");
++    }
+ }
+ 
+ static DBusHandlerResult dbus_get_alternative_service_name(DBusConnection *c, DBusMessage *m, DBusError *error) {
+@@ -389,10 +393,14 @@ static DBusHandlerResult dbus_get_alternative_service_name(DBusConnection *c, DB
+     }
+ 
+     t = avahi_alternative_service_name(n);
+-    avahi_dbus_respond_string(c, m, t);
+-    avahi_free(t);
++    if (t) {
++        avahi_dbus_respond_string(c, m, t);
++        avahi_free(t);
+ 
+-    return DBUS_HANDLER_RESULT_HANDLED;
++        return DBUS_HANDLER_RESULT_HANDLED;
++    } else {
++        return avahi_dbus_respond_error(c, m, AVAHI_ERR_NOT_FOUND, "Service not found");
++    }
+ }
+ 
+ static DBusHandlerResult dbus_create_new_entry_group(DBusConnection *c, DBusMessage *m, DBusError *error) {
+-- 
+2.41.0
+
diff --git a/avahi.spec b/avahi.spec
index 0ca7aae..5d06277 100644
--- a/avahi.spec
+++ b/avahi.spec
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
 Name:             avahi
 Version:          0.8
-Release:          14%{?dist}
+Release:          15%{?dist}
 Summary:          Local network service discovery
 License:          LGPLv2+
 URL:              http://avahi.org
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ Patch10: 0010-fix-bytestring-decoding-for-proper-display.patch
 Patch11: 0011-avahi_dns_packet_consume_uint32-fix-potential-undefi.patch
 Patch12: 0001-Avoid-infinite-loop-in-avahi-daemon-by-handling-HUP-.patch
 Patch13: 0001-Fix-NULL-pointer-crashes-from-175.patch
+Patch14: 0001-Emit-error-if-requested-service-is-not-found.patch
 
 ## downstream patches
 Patch100:         avahi-0.6.30-mono-libdir.patch
@@ -829,6 +830,9 @@ exit 0
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Aug 23 2023 Michal Sekletar <msekleta@redhat.com> - 0.8-15
+- Fix CVE-2023-1981 (#2186689)
+
 * Wed Aug 23 2023 Michal Sekletar <msekleta@redhat.com> - 0.8-14
 - Fix CVE-2021-3502 (#1949949)