CVE-2025-30193 Affecting dnsdist package, versions <1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.61% (46th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-DNSDIST-10285485
  • published26 Feb 2026
  • disclosed20 May 2025

Introduced: 20 May 2025

CVE-2025-30193  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:22.04 dnsdist to version 1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In some circumstances, when DNSdist is configured to allow an unlimited number of queries on a single, incoming TCP connection from a client, an attacker can cause a denial of service by crafting a TCP exchange that triggers an exhaustion of the stack and a crash of DNSdist, causing a denial of service.

The remedy is: upgrade to the patched 1.9.10 version.

A workaround is to restrict the maximum number of queries on incoming TCP connections to a safe value, like 50, via the setMaxTCPQueriesPerConnection setting.

We would like to thank Renaud Allard for bringing this issue to our attention.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1