CVE-2025-30193

HIGH

DNSdist < 1.9.10 - Denial of Service via Unlimited TCP Queries

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1

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