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Permalink CVE-2025-59029
5.3 MEDIUM
  • CVSS version (CVSS): 3.1
  • Attack Vector (AV): Network (N)
  • Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
  • Privileges Required (PR): None (N)
  • User Interaction (UI): None (N)
  • Scope (S): Unchanged (U)
  • Confidentiality (C): None (N)
  • Integrity (I): None (N)
  • Availability (A): Low (L)
  • Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Network (N)
  • Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
  • Modified Privileges Required (MPR): None (N)
  • Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
  • Modified Confidentiality (MC): None (N)
  • Modified Scope (MS): Unchanged (U)
  • Modified Integrity (MI): None (N)
  • Modified Availability (MA): Low (L)
updated 4 months ago by @LeSuisse Activity log
  • Created suggestion 4 months, 1 week ago
  • @LeSuisse dismissed 4 months ago
Internal logic flaw in cache management can lead to a denial of service in PowerDNS Recursor

An attacker can trigger an assertion failure by requesting crafted DNS records, waiting for them to be inserted into the records cache, then send a query with qtype set to ANY.

Affected products

pdns-recursor
  • <5.3.2

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Package maintainers

Upstream advisory: https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2025-07.html

5.2.x branch is not impacted.