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FreeBSD : powerdns-recursor -- cache pollution (c4fb21e4-b579-11f0-871c-6805ca2fa271)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 272091

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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 multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the c4fb21e4-b579-11f0-871c-6805ca2fa271 advisory.

 PowerDNS Team reports:
 It has been brought to our attention that the Recursor does not apply strict enough validation of received delegation information.
 The malicious delegation information can be sent by an attacker spoofing packets.

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d4f4587e

http://www.nessus.org/u?4f2077b5

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 272091

File Name: freebsd_pkg_c4fb21e4b57911f0871c6805ca2fa271.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 10/31/2025

Updated: 10/31/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-59024

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/30/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-59023, CVE-2025-59024