| Name | CVE-2024-52615 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1088110 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| avahi (PTS) | bullseye | 0.8-5+deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 0.8-5+deb11u3 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 0.8-10 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 0.8-15 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| avahi | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1088110 |
Notes
[bookworm] - avahi <no-dsa> (Minor issue; workarounds/mitigation exist by setting enable-wide-area=no)
[bullseye] - avahi <postponed> (Minor issue; workarounds/mitigation exist by setting enable-wide-area=no)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2326418
https://github.com/avahi/avahi/issues/254
https://github.com/avahi/avahi/issues/254#issuecomment-2480519212
turn off wide-area feature: https://github.com/avahi/avahi/pull/577
Revisiting of feature: https://github.com/avahi/avahi/issues/578
https://github.com/avahi/avahi/security/advisories/GHSA-x6vp-f33h-h32g