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FreeBSD : dnsdist -- Denial of service via crafted DoH exchange (c2253bff-9952-11f0-b6e2-6805ca2fa271)

low Nessus Plugin ID 265816

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the c2253bff-9952-11f0-b6e2-6805ca2fa271 advisory.

 [email protected] reports:
 In some circumstances, when DNSdist is configured to use the nghttp2 library to process incoming DNS over HTTPS queries, an attacker might be able to cause a denial of service by crafting a DoH exchange that triggers an unbounded I/O read loop, causing an unexpected consumption of CPU resources. The offending code was introduced in DNSdist 1.9.0-alpha1 so previous versions are not affected.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30187

http://www.nessus.org/u?e012a810

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 265816

File Name: freebsd_pkg_c2253bff995211f0b6e26805ca2fa271.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 9/25/2025

Updated: 9/26/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-30187

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:dnsdist, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/18/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-30187