MEDIUMRubyGems →
resolv vulnerable to DoS via insufficient DNS domain name length validation
resolv vulnerable to DoS via insufficient DNS domain name length validation
Affected packages
- resolv— before 0.2.3
Exploit signal
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- No
- EPSS score
- —
- EPSS percentile
- —
EPSS is the probability a CVE is exploited in the wild; percentile is its rank among all CVEs.
Sources
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24294
- https://github.com/ruby/resolv/commit/4c2f71b5e80826506f78417d85b38481c058fb25
- https://github.com/ruby/resolv
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/resolv/CVE-2025-24294.yml
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/07/08/dos-resolv-cve-2025-24294
Structured record: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-xh69-987w-hrp8
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