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TI-2024-16816 Aliases CVE-2024-25583GHSA-rx5p-gx7r-2xj5

Crafted responses can lead to a denial of service in Recursor if recursive forwarding is configured

Priority LOW 34CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00825 57th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
PowerDNSRecursor4.8.7; 4.9.4; 5.0.3—No fix listedCNA
  • Recursor VendorPowerDNS Affected 4.8.7; 4.9.4; 5.0.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE names CISA-ADP · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——PowerDNS
  • cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·PowerDNS

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-25583
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rx5p-gx7r-2xj5

References

Other 2

  • TI-2023-27571 Certain DNSSEC aspects of the DNS protocol (in RFC 4033, 4034, 4035, 6840, and related… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-27773 The Closest Encloser Proof aspect of the DNS protocol (in RFC 5155 when RFC 9276 guidance… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2015-01678 The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor 3.5.x, 3.6.x before 3.6.3, and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2021-14878 PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.5.0 before 4.5.1 allows anybody to crash the process by… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2016-04703 PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 3.4.10 does not properly handle a . CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2018-12065 Out-of-bounds read in [UNKNOWN] pdns-recursor CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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