Medium
Avahi: avahi wide-area dns uses constant source port
Type: advisorySources: Official CVE List
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.
- Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4, avahi
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-52615
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 17:44 UTC · Revision 2
Source evidence
Avahi: avahi wide-area dns uses constant source port
core-cve · Original sourcePublished 21 Nov 2024, 20:34 UTC
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.
cve:CVE-2024-52615
avahi
Fixed versions: Not specified
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Fixed versions: Not specified
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Fixed versions: Not specified
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Fixed versions: Not specified
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Fixed versions: Not specified
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Fixed versions: Not specified
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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