Insecure Randomness Affecting lathiat/avahi package, versions [,0.9-rc2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LATHIATAVAHI-8491032
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed15 Nov 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Nov 2024

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

How to fix?

Upgrade lathiat/avahi to version 0.9-rc2 or higher.

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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