7.5

CVE-2024-25590: powerdns recursor Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-25590DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25590DSA-5852-1
Published 03-10-2024Last modified 03-10-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-25590 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in powerdns recursor. EPSS estimates a 0.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.70%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 03-10-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.70%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

52%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.70% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.70%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • pdns-recursor< 5.0.9-1 | < 4.8.8-1+deb12u1
Opensuse1 product
  • pdns-recursor&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 5.1.2-1.1
Powerdns1 product
  • recursor< 4.9.9 | ≥ 5.0.0, < 5.0.9 | ≥ 5.1.0, < 5.1.2
Ubuntu1 product
  • pdns-recursorAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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