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.
CVE-2024-52616
CVSS base score
5.3 (v3.1)
Severity
MEDIUM
Attack vector
Network
Weakness
CWE-334
Last modified
November 5, 2026
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N