Vulnerability · Published Apr 25, 2024 · Assigned by OX
CVE-2024-25583Crafted responses can lead to a denial of service in Recursor if recursive forwarding is configured
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 0.8% (higher than 58% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 42.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A crafted response from an upstream server the recursor has been configured to forward-recurse to can cause a Denial of Service in the Recursor. The default configuration of the Recursor does not use recursive forwarding and is not affected.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | pdns-recursor | 5.0.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-25583 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | pdns-recursor | 5.0.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-25583 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | pdns-recursor | 5.0.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-25583 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | pdns-recursor | 5.0.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-25583 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | pdns-recursor | 5.0.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-25583 |
| Debian:12 | pdns-recursor | 4.8.8-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25583 |
| Debian:12 | pdns-recursor | 4.8.8-1 | DSA-5674-1 |
| Debian:13 | pdns-recursor | 4.9.5-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25583 |
| Debian:14 | pdns-recursor | 4.9.5-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25583 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | pdns-recursor | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-25583 |
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