CVE-2024-52616
published 2024-11-21CVE-2024-52616: A flaw was found in the Avahi-daemon, where it initializes DNS transaction IDs randomly only once at startup, incrementing them sequentially after that. This…
PriorityP426medium5.3CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNILAN
EPSS
0.68%
48.3th percentile
A flaw was found in the Avahi-daemon, where it initializes DNS transaction IDs randomly only once at startup, incrementing them sequentially after that. This predictable behavior facilitates DNS spoofing attacks, allowing attackers to guess transaction IDs.
Affected
4 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| avahi | avahi | >= 0 < 0.8-18 | 0.8-18 |
| debian | avahi | < avahi 0.8-18 (forky) | avahi 0.8-18 (forky) |
| msrc | azl3_avahi_0.8-5_on_azure_linux_3.0 | — | — |
| msrc | cbl2_avahi_0.8-4_on_cbl_mariner_2.0 | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.15.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
osv5.3MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.3MEDIUM
vendor_msrc5.3MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.3MEDIUM
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Red Hat
avahi: Avahi Wide-Area DNS Predictable Transaction IDs
vendor_redhat·2024-11-15·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2024-52616 [MEDIUM] CWE-334 avahi: Avahi Wide-Area DNS Predictable Transaction IDs
avahi: Avahi Wide-Area DNS Predictable Transaction IDs
A flaw was found in the Avahi-daemon, where it initializes DNS transaction IDs randomly only once at startup, incrementing them sequentially after that. This predictable behavior facilitates DNS spoofing attacks, allowing attackers to guess transaction IDs.
A flaw was found in the Avahi-daemon, where it initializes DNS transaction IDs randomly only once at startup, incrementing them sequentially after that. This predictable behavior facilitates DNS spoofing attacks, allowing attackers to guess transaction IDs.
Package: avahi (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Out of support scope
Package: avahi (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Will not fix
Package: rhcos (Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4) - Fix deferred
Microsoft
Avahi: avahi wide-area dns predictable transaction ids
vendor_msrc·2024-11-12·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2024-52616 [MEDIUM] CWE-334 Avahi: avahi wide-area dns predictable transaction ids
Avahi: avahi wide-area dns predictable transaction ids
FAQ: Is Azure Linux the only Microsoft product that includes this open-source library and is therefore potentially affected by this vulnerability?
One of the main benefits to our customers who choose to use the Azure Linux distro is the commitment to keep it up to date with the most recent and most secure versions of the open source libraries with which the distro is composed. Microsoft is committed to transparency in this work which is why we began publishing CSAF/VEX in October 2025. See this blog post for more information. If impact to additional products is identified, we will update the CVE to reflect this.
Mariner: Mariner
redhat: redhat
Customer Action Required: Yes
Remediation: CBL-Mariner Releases
Reference: https://lear
Debian
CVE-2024-52616: avahi - A flaw was found in the Avahi-daemon, where it initializes DNS transaction IDs r...
vendor_debian·2024·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2024-52616 [MEDIUM] CVE-2024-52616: avahi - A flaw was found in the Avahi-daemon, where it initializes DNS transaction IDs r...
A flaw was found in the Avahi-daemon, where it initializes DNS transaction IDs randomly only once at startup, incrementing them sequentially after that. This predictable behavior facilitates DNS spoofing attacks, allowing attackers to guess transaction IDs.
Scope: local
bookworm: open
bullseye: open
forky: resolved (fixed in 0.8-18)
sid: resolved (fixed in 0.8-18)
trixie: open
OSV
CVE-2024-52616: A flaw was found in the Avahi-daemon, where it initializes DNS transaction IDs randomly only once at startup, incrementing them sequentially after tha
osv·2024-11-21·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2024-52616 [MEDIUM] CVE-2024-52616: A flaw was found in the Avahi-daemon, where it initializes DNS transaction IDs randomly only once at startup, incrementing them sequentially after tha
A flaw was found in the Avahi-daemon, where it initializes DNS transaction IDs randomly only once at startup, incrementing them sequentially after that. This predictable behavior facilitates DNS spoofing attacks, allowing attackers to guess transaction IDs.
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2024-11-21
Published