CVE-2024-52615
Avahi: avahi wide-area dns uses constant source port
MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: November 21, 2024 at 08:34 PM UTC
Updated: October 21, 2026 at 09:17 PM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsEnterprise LinuxOpenShift Container PlatformAvahi
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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
A flaw was found in Avahi-daemon, which relies on fixed source ports for wide-area DNS queries. This issue simplifies attacks where malicious DNS responses are injected.
Affected
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11402VDB Entryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-52615Issue Trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2326418Source: cverecord
https://github.com/avahi/avahi/pull/577SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
5.3MEDIUMredhat
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-330
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