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Debian Trixie pdns-recursor Denial-of-Service Security Issues DSA-6135-2

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Calendar Grey February 13, 2026
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Stay secure with the latest fixes for PDNS Recursor in Debian Trixie addressing denial of service vulnerabilities.
Two vulnerabiliites have been discovered in PDNS Recursor, a resolving name server which result result in denial of service when processing a malformed zone file
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Summary

For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in
version 5.2.8-0+deb13u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your pdns-recursor packages.

For the detailed security status of pdns-recursor please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/pdns-recursor

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: pdns-recursor
CVE ID: CVE-2026-0398 CVE-2026-24027

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