#VU119296 Resource management error in PowerDNS Recursor - CVE-2025-59029

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#VU119296 Resource management error in PowerDNS Recursor - CVE-2025-59029

Published: December 8, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU119296
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-59029
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
PowerDNS Recursor
Software vendor:
PowerDNS.COM B.V.

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources in cache management when handling DNS queries with with qtype ANY. A remote attacker can send specially crafted request to the DNS server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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