Vulnerability · Published Nov 21, 2024 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2024-52615Avahi: avahi wide-area dns uses constant source port
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity weak randomness in avahi from avahi. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 50% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 50.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A flaw was found in Avahi-daemon, which relies on fixed source ports for wide-area DNS queries. This issue simplifies attacks where malicious DNS responses are injected.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:10 | avahi | 0.9~rc2-1.el10_0.1 | ALSA-2025:16441 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | avahi-compat-howl | 0.9~rc2-1.el10_0.1 | ALSA-2025:16441 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | avahi-compat-howl-devel | 0.9~rc2-1.el10_0.1 | ALSA-2025:16441 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | avahi-compat-libdns_sd | 0.9~rc2-1.el10_0.1 | ALSA-2025:16441 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel | 0.9~rc2-1.el10_0.1 | ALSA-2025:16441 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | avahi-devel | 0.9~rc2-1.el10_0.1 | ALSA-2025:16441 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | avahi-glib | 0.9~rc2-1.el10_0.1 | ALSA-2025:16441 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | avahi-glib-devel | 0.9~rc2-1.el10_0.1 | ALSA-2025:16441 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | avahi-libs | 0.9~rc2-1.el10_0.1 | ALSA-2025:16441 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | avahi-tools | 0.9~rc2-1.el10_0.1 | ALSA-2025:16441 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | avahi | 0.8-r21 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-52615 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | avahi | 0.8-r21 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-52615 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | avahi | 0.8-r21 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-52615 |
| Debian:12 | avahi | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-52615 |
| Debian:13 | avahi | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-52615 |
| Debian:14 | avahi | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-52615 |
| Rocky Linux:10 | avahi | 0:0.9~rc2-1.el10_0.1 | RLSA-2025:16441 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | avahi | 0:0.8-22.el9_6.1 | RLSA-2025:11402 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | avahi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-52615 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | avahi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-52615 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | avahi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-52615 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| avahi | avahi | 0 – before 0.9-rc3 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | see references |
Weakness: CWE-330 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- RHSA-2025:11402 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:16441 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-52615 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2326418 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://github.com/avahi/avahi/pull/577