Vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
CVE-2024-52616
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (51.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 51.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7437 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-52616 (vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking)
- github.com/avahi/avahi/pull/577
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-52616?
- CVE-2024-52616 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, classified under CWE-334. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-11-21.
- How severe is CVE-2024-52616?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-52616 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.