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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-52615
medium Nessus Plugin ID 231498
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Synopsis
The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.Description
The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.- 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. (CVE-2024-52615)
Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.
Solution
There is no known solution at this time.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2024-52615
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 231498
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_52615.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 3/6/2025
Updated: 8/22/2025
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 2.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-52615
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
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-avahi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-ui-gtk3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-ui-gtk3, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-gobject-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-compat-howl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-glib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-autoipd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-ui, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-ui-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-libs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-tools, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:avahi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-compat-libdns_sd, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-gobject, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-ui, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:avahi, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-autoipd, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-compat-howl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-glib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-gobject, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-compat-howl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-ui-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-avahi, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-compat-libdns_sd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-compat-howl-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-gobject-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi
Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/21/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-52615