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CVE-2025-30195

CVE-2025-30195 · A crafted zone can lead to an illegal memory access in the PowerDNS Recursor

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An attacker can publish a zone containing specific Resource Record Sets. Processing and caching results for these sets can lead to an illegal memory accesses and crash of the Recursor, causing a denial of service. The remedy is: upgrade to the patched 5.2.1 version. We would like to thank Volodymyr Ilyin for bringing this issue to our attention.

CVSS 7.5 · High · EPSS 0.8% · Fix available

Published
Updated

Stack: system

Affected products and versions

  • recursor

    Versions
    • 5.2.0: Affected

    No fix published

  • pdns-recursor Debian:13

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 5.2.1-1

    Update to 5.2.1-1

  • pdns-recursor Debian:14

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 5.2.1-1

    Update to 5.2.1-1

  • pdns-recursor Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 3.7.3-1
    • 4.0.0~alpha1-1
    • 4.0.0~alpha1-2
    • 4.0.0~alpha2-2
    • 4.0.0~alpha2-2ubuntu0.1
    • 4.0.0~alpha2-2ubuntu0.1+esm1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • pdns-recursor Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 4.0.6-1
    • 4.0.6-1build1
    • 4.0.7-1
    • 4.1.1-1
    • 4.1.1-1build1
    • 4.1.1-2
    • 4.1.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • pdns-recursor Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 4.2.0-6
    • 4.2.1-1
    • 4.2.1-1build1
    • 4.2.1-1build2
    • 4.2.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • pdns-recursor Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 4.4.2-3
    • 4.6.0-1ubuntu1
    • 4.6.0-1ubuntu1+esm1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • pdns-recursor Ubuntu:24.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 4.9.0-2
    • 4.9.1-4
    • 4.9.2-1
    • 4.9.2-1build1
    • 4.9.2-2
    • 4.9.3-1
    • 4.9.3-1build2
    • 4.9.3-1build3
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • pdns-recursor Ubuntu:25.10

    Versions
    • 5.2.0-5
    • 5.2.2-1
    • 5.2.2-2
    • 5.2.4-2
    • 5.2.4-2build2
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

Original sources

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