Medium
pdns-recursor — security advisory
An attacker can trigger an assertion failure by requesting crafted DNS records, waiting for them to be inserted into the records cache, then send a query with qtype set to ANY.
- Products
- pdns-recursor
- Affected versions
- 3.7.3-1, 4.0.0~alpha1-1, 4.0.0~alpha1-2, 4.0.0~alpha2-2, 4.0.0~alpha2-2ubuntu0.1, 4.0.0~alpha2-2ubuntu0.1+esm1, 4.0.6-1, 4.0.6-1build1, 4.0.7-1, 4.1.1-1, 4.1.1-1build1, 4.1.1-2, 4.1.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1, 4.2.0-6, 4.2.1-1, 4.2.1-1build1, 4.2.1-1build2, 4.2.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 4.4.2-3, 4.6.0-1ubuntu1, 4.6.0-1ubuntu1+esm1, 4.9.0-2, 4.9.1-4, 4.9.2-1, 4.9.2-1build1, 4.9.2-2, 4.9.3-1, 4.9.3-1build2, 4.9.3-1build3, 5.2.0-5, 5.2.2-1, 5.2.2-2, 5.2.4-2, 5.2.4-2build2, 5.3.1-1, 5.3.3-1, 5.3.4-1, 5.3.4-1build1, 5.3.4-2, 5.3.5-1, 5.4.3-1, 5.4.5-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-59029
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:38 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An attacker can trigger an assertion failure by requesting crafted DNS records, waiting for them to be inserted into the records cache, then send a query with qtype set to ANY.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2025-59029
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Complete source record
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