Answer in brief
CVE-2024-52616 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in Avahi: avahi wide-area dns predictable transaction ids. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps avahi (generic), Red Hat/avahi (generic), avahi/avahi (generic), Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 (generic) and additional mapped packages. Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.3. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps avahi (generic), Red Hat/avahi (generic), avahi/avahi (generic), Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 (generic) and additional mapped packages. Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| avahigeneric | >=0 <0.9 | 0.9 |
| Red Hat/avahigeneric | * | Not reported |
| avahi/avahigeneric | >=0 <0.9-rc2 | 0.9-rc2 |
| Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/rhcosgeneric | * | Not reported |
Published upstream
Nov 21, 2024
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 28, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Jun 25, 2026
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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