Vulnerability · Published Nov 21, 2024 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2024-52616Avahi: avahi wide-area dns predictable transaction ids
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw 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 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 45.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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 packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:9 | avahi | 0.8-22.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7437 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | avahi-autoipd | 0.8-22.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7437 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | avahi-compat-howl | 0.8-22.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7437 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | avahi-compat-howl-devel | 0.8-22.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7437 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | avahi-compat-libdns_sd | 0.8-22.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7437 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel | 0.8-22.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7437 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | avahi-devel | 0.8-22.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7437 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | avahi-glib | 0.8-22.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7437 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | avahi-glib-devel | 0.8-22.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7437 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | avahi-gobject | 0.8-22.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7437 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | avahi-gobject-devel | 0.8-22.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7437 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | avahi-libs | 0.8-22.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7437 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | avahi-tools | 0.8-22.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7437 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | avahi | 0.8-r21 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-52616 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | avahi | 0.8-r21 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-52616 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | avahi | 0.8-r21 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-52616 |
| Debian:12 | avahi | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-52616 |
| Debian:13 | avahi | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-52616 |
| Debian:14 | avahi | 0.8-18 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-52616 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | avahi | 0:0.8-22.el9_6 | RLSA-2025:7437 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | avahi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-52616 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | avahi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-52616 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | avahi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-52616 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| avahi | avahi | 0 – before 0.9-rc2 |
| 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-334 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- RHSA-2025:7437 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-52616 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2326429 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://github.com/avahi/avahi/pull/577