Security update for avahi

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:20308-1
Release Date: 2025-05-12T14:33:40Z
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2024-52616 ( SUSE ): 6.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2024-52616 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2024-52616 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.1

An update that solves one vulnerability and contains one feature can now be installed.

Description:

This update for avahi fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2024-52616: Fixed predictable transaction IDs for Wide-Area DNS (bsc#1233420)
  • Drop rcFOO symlinks (jsc#PED-266).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-100=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • avahi-debuginfo-0.8-slfo.1.1_2.1
    • libavahi-core7-0.8-slfo.1.1_2.1
    • libavahi-client3-debuginfo-0.8-slfo.1.1_2.1
    • avahi-debugsource-0.8-slfo.1.1_2.1
    • libavahi-core7-debuginfo-0.8-slfo.1.1_2.1
    • avahi-0.8-slfo.1.1_2.1
    • libavahi-common3-0.8-slfo.1.1_2.1
    • libavahi-common3-debuginfo-0.8-slfo.1.1_2.1
    • libavahi-client3-0.8-slfo.1.1_2.1

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