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Posted on 08 August 2026
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-6419-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
August 08, 2026 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : dnsdist
CVE ID : CVE-2026-52682
A vulnerability was discovered in the dnsdist DNS loadbalancer, which
may result in denial of service (increased memory and CPU usage) when
processing a specially crafted DNS packet.
For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.9.16-0+deb13u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your dnsdist packages.
For the detailed security status of dnsdist please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/dnsdist
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
