CVE-2025-30193

High

Description

In some circumstances, when DNSdist is configured to allow an unlimited number of queries on a single, incoming TCP connection from a client, an attacker can cause a denial of service by crafting a TCP exchange that triggers an exhaustion of the stack and a crash of DNSdist, causing a denial of service. The remedy is: upgrade to the patched 1.9.10 version. A workaround is to restrict the maximum number of queries on incoming TCP connections to a safe value, like 50, via the setMaxTCPQueriesPerConnection setting. We would like to thank Renaud Allard for bringing this issue to our attention.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductDNSdist
PublishedMay 20, 2025
First seenMay 20, 2025
Weakness typeCWE-674CWE-674

How to fix

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PowerDNS DNSdistNo range specified—

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