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CVE-2015-5311: powerdns authoritative Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-5311DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5311
Published 17-11-2015Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-5311 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in powerdns authoritative. EPSS estimates a 67.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
33/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
67.46%
0%100%
Critical · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 17-11-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server 3.4.4 before 3.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and server crash) via crafted query packets.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

67.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

99%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 67.46% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
67.46%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • pdns< 3.4.7-1
Powerdns1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • pdns< 3.4.7-1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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