NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting PowerDNS/pdns package, versions [5.2.0,5.2.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-POWERDNSPDNS-10343890
  • published12 Jun 2025
  • disclosed7 Apr 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Apr 2025

CVE-2025-30195  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade PowerDNS/pdns to version 5.2.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference via specific Resource Record Sets. An attacker can cause the application to crash and disrupt service by publishing and processing these sets.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1