Use of insufficiently random values in Avahi - CVE-2024-52615
Published: September 22, 2025 / Updated: April 9, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU116005
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-52615
CWE-ID: CWE-330
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: avahi.org
Affected software:
Avahi
Avahi
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DNS spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the application relies on fixed source ports for wide-area DNS queries. A remote attacker can guess the port used to initiate the DNS query and perform spoofing attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-52615
Install update from vendor's website.