CVE-2025-30193
HIGHDNSdist < 1.9.10 - Denial of Service via Unlimited TCP Queries
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0056
EPSS Percentile
42.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-674
Status
published
Products (1)
PowerDNS/DNSdist
1.9.10
Published
May 20, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026