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CVE-2024-52616

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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.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.3 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2024-11-21 21:15:24.140000
Last modified
2026-10-28 17:17:21.597000
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  "id": "CVE-2024-52616",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2024-11-21T21:15:24.140",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-28T17:17:21.597",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "cveTags": [],
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      "value": "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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      "value": "Se encontró una falla en Avahi-daemon, que inicializa los identificadores de transacciones DNS de manera aleatoria solo una vez al inicio y los incrementa secuencialmente después de eso. Este comportamiento predecible facilita los ataques de suplantación de DNS, lo que permite a los atacantes adivinar los identificadores de transacciones."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
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      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
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          "collectionURL": "https://github.com/avahi/avahi/",
          "packageName": "avahi",
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              "lessThan": "0.9-rc2",
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          ]
        },
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          "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
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          "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
          "packageName": "avahi",
          "cpes": [
            "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream",
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          "cpes": [
            "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
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        },
        {
          "vendor": "Red Hat",
          "product": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4",
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
          "packageName": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9",
          "cpes": [
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  ],
  "metrics": {
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        "source": "[email protected]",
        "type": "Secondary",
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          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
          "baseScore": 5.3,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "LOW",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 3.9,
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    ],
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  "weaknesses": [
    {
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      "type": "Secondary",
      "description": [
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      ]
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  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7437",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
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      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-52616",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2326429",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/avahi/avahi/pull/577",
      "source": "[email protected]"
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}