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Echo: avahi: security update to 0.8-16+e1

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 457288

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2024-52616)

Solution

Update the avahi library and its related packages to version 0.8-16+e1 or later.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7437

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2024-52616

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 457288

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-52616

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-52616