CVE-2025-8677

Publication date 22 October 2025

Last updated 23 October 2025


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Resource exhaustion via malformed DNSKEY handling

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
bind9 25.10 questing
Fixed 1:9.20.11-1ubuntu2.1
25.04 plucky
Fixed 1:9.20.11-0ubuntu0.2
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1:9.18.39-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1:9.18.39-0ubuntu0.22.04.2
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation
isc-dhcp 25.10 questing
Needs evaluation
25.04 plucky
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
bind9-libs 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation

Notes


alexmurray

As of isc-dhcp-4.4.3-1, isc-dhcp vendors bind9 libs


mdeslaur

in focal and jammy, isc-dhcp uses the bind9-libs package may only affect 9.18+, need to check

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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