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Insecure Randomness Affecting avahi/avahi package, versions [0,]

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-AVAHIAVAHI-8384364
  • published 19 Nov 2024
  • disclosed 15 Nov 2024
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 15 Nov 2024

New CVE-2024-52615 Open this link in a new tab
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How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insecure Randomness due to the reliance on fixed source ports for wide-area DNS queries. An attacker can inject malicious DNS responses by sending spoofed packets to these predictable ports.

Note:

This vulnerability only affects wide-area DNS.

CVSS Scores

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version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
6.9 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    None
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    None
  • Integrity (VI)
    Low
  • Availability (VA)
    None
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None