vulnerability
Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2024-52616: Medium priority package update for avahi
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Nov 15, 2024 | Feb 17, 2025 | Jul 4, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Nov 15, 2024
Added
Feb 17, 2025
Modified
Jul 4, 2025
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.
Solutions
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