VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-52616

CVSS score5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.73%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-11-21
Last modified2026-10-28
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-334

Primary references