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Fedora 42 pdns-recursor 5.2.8 Update Addresses Serious DoS Vulnerabilities

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Calendar Grey April 13, 2026
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fix multiple security issues in Fedora 42 pdns-recursor 5.2.8 with critical patches for stability.
Update to latest 5.2 release, fixing multiple security issues

Summary

PowerDNS Recursor is a non authoritative/recursing DNS server. Use this

package if you need a dns cache for your network.

Update Information:

Update to latest 5.2 release, fixing multiple security issues

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service fedora update pdns-recursor cve-2025-59030

Change Log

* Fri Apr 3 2026 Sander Hoentjen - 5.2.8-1 - Update to latest 5.2 minor, 5.2.8 * Fri Jul 25 2025 Fedora Release Engineering - 5.2.0-4 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild * Wed Feb 12 2025 Zbigniew J\u0119drzejewski-Szmek - 5.2.0-3 - Add sysusers.d config file to allow rpm to create users/groups automatically

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2382367 - CVE-2025-30192 pdns-recursor: A Recursor configured to send out ECS enabled queries can be sensitive to spoofing attempts [fedora-42] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2382367 [ 2 ] Bug #2420813 - CVE-2025-59030 pdns-recursor: Insufficient validation of incoming notifies over TCP can lead to a denial of service [fedora-42] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2420813 [ 3 ] Bug #2423070 - CVE-2025-59029 pdns: PowerDNS: Assertion failure due to crafted DNS records [fedora-42] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2423070 [ 4 ] Bug #2423071 - CVE-2025-59029 pdns-recursor: PowerDNS: Assertion failure due to crafted DNS records [fedora-42] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2423071

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-2490896a5d' 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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Name: pdns-recursor
Product: Fedora 42
Version: 5.2.8
Release: 1.fc42
URL: https://www.powerdns.com/
Summary: Modern, advanced and high performance recursing/non authoritative name server

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service fedora update pdns-recursor cve-2025-59030

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