CVE-2024-52616
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.007 · 54 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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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affected products (15)
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- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:openshift:container_platform_4
advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2024-3474avahi: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Manipulation von DateienDeutsch2024-11-14csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in avahi ausnutzen, um Dateien zu manipulieren.
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references (10)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2024-52616cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52616cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7437enisa_euvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-52616enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2326429enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/avahi/avahi/pull/577enisa_euvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7437nvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-52616nvd
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