# CVE-2024-52616

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2024-52616
- **Severity:** MEDIUM
- **CVSS Score:** 5.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
- **CWE:** CWE-334
- **Published:** Nov 21, 2024
- **Last Modified:** Jun 29, 2026

## Description

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.

## Affected Products

- Unknown product (0)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (0:0.8-22.el9_6)

## References

- [CNA](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7437)
- [CNA](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-52616)
- [CNA](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2326429)
- [CNA](https://github.com/avahi/avahi/pull/577)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.67%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 49.7

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-10._