The PowerDNS Nameserver is a modern, advanced and high performance
authoritative-only name server. It is written from scratch and conforms
to all relevant DNS standards documents.
Furthermore, PowerDNS interfaces with almost any database.
Update Information:
Update to 5.0.4 Release notes: https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/changelog/5.0.html#change-5.0.4 Security advisory: https://docs.powerdns.com/authoritative/security- advisories/powerdns-advisory-2026-05.html
* Sun Apr 26 2026 Morten Stevens
[ 1 ] Bug #2461770 - CVE-2026-33610 pdns: PowerDNS: Denial of Service due to file descriptor exhaustion from rogue primary server DNS update requests [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2461770
[ 2 ] Bug #2461772 - CVE-2026-33611 pdns: PowerDNS: Database corruption due to invalid record data [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2461772
[ 3 ] Bug #2461775 - CVE-2026-33609 pdns: PowerDNS: Information disclosure via incomplete LDAP query escaping [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2461775
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-b47d3e7e16' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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