Use of Insufficiently Random Values Affecting avahi package, versions <0.8-r21


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.62% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE324-AVAHI-17296488
  • published11 Jun 2026
  • disclosed21 Nov 2024

Introduced: 21 Nov 2024

CVE-2024-52615  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-330  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.24 avahi to version 0.8-r21 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream avahi package and not the avahi package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.24 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

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