An attacker might be able to trigger an out-of-bounds write by sending crafted DNS responses to a DNSdist using the DNSQuestion:changeName or DNSResponse:changeName methods in custom Lua code. In some cases the rewritten packet might become larger than the initial response and even exceed 65535 bytes, potentially leading to a crash resulting in denial of service.

An attacker might be able to trigger an out-of-bounds write by sending crafted DNS responses to a DNSdist using the DNSQuestion:changeName or DNSResponse:changeName methods in custom Lua code. In some cases the rewritten packet might become larger than the initial response and even exceed 65535 bytes, potentially leading to a crash resulting in denial of service.

Security update for dnsdist

Security update for dnsdist

Affected: Ubuntu:16.04:LTS: dnsdist, Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS: dnsdist, Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS: dnsdist, Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS: dnsdist, Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS: dnsdist, Ubuntu:25.10: dnsdist, Ubuntu:26.04:LTS: dnsdist

An attacker might be able to trigger an out-of-bounds write by sending crafted DNS responses to a DNSdist using the DNSQuestion:changeName or DNSResponse:changeName methods in custom Lua code. In some cases the rewritten packet might become larger than the initial response and even exceed 65535 bytes, potentially leading to a crash resulting in denial of service.

Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in PowerDNS ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, um einen Denial of Service zu verursachen und potentiell Code auszuführen.