USN-8037-1: DNSdist vulnerabilities

USN-8037-1: DNSdist vulnerabilities

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/rss.xml / Thu, 02/12/2026 - 23:01
It was discovered that HTTP/2, which is used/vendored by DNSdist, did not properly account for resources when handling client-triggered stream resets. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2025-8671) It was discovered that DNSdist did not properly manage memory limits when handling an unlimited number of queries on a single TCP connection. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2025-30193) It was discovered that DNSdist, when configured with the nghttp2 library, did not correctly process certain DNS over HTTPS queries. An attacker could possibly use this cause a denial of service. (CVE-2025-30187)

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