Vulnerability · Published Oct 3, 2024 · Assigned by OX
CVE-2024-25590Crafted responses can lead to a denial of service due to cache inefficiencies in the Recursor
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity improper input validation in Recursor from PowerDNS. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 53% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 46.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An attacker can publish a zone containing specific Resource Record Sets. Repeatedly processing and caching results for these sets can lead to a denial of service.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | pdns-recursor | 5.0.9-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-25590 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | pdns-recursor | 5.1.2-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-25590 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | pdns-recursor | 5.1.2-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-25590 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | pdns-recursor | 5.1.2-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-25590 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | pdns-recursor | 5.1.2-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-25590 |
| Debian:12 | pdns-recursor | 4.8.8-1+deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25590 |
| Debian:12 | pdns-recursor | 4.8.8-1+deb12u1 | DSA-5852-1 |
| Debian:13 | pdns-recursor | 5.0.9-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25590 |
| Debian:14 | pdns-recursor | 5.0.9-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25590 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | pdns-recursor | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-25590 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | pdns-recursor | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-25590 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | pdns-recursor | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-25590 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | pdns-recursor | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-25590 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H