Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affecting dnsdist package, versions <1.2.0-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-DNSDIST-11740693
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed22 Aug 2017

Introduced: 22 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-7557  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-352  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 dnsdist to version 1.2.0-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dnsdist package and not the dnsdist package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

dnsdist version 1.1.0 is vulnerable to a flaw in authentication mechanism for REST API potentially allowing CSRF attack.