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medium 6.5

CVE-2015-5695 json

Designate mDNS DoS through incorrect handling of large RecordSets

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-m6h2-634h-jcpj , PYSEC-2017-114 , EUVD-2017-0144

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Designate 2015.1.0 through 1.0.0.0b1 as packaged in OpenStack Kilo does not enforce RecordSets per domain, and Records per RecordSet quotas when processing an internal zone file transfer, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted resource record set.

Patch / fix

  • designate Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2015.1.0+2015.08.26.git34.9fa07c5798-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5695

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2015-5695 updated cvss 3.5

openstack-designate: Infinite loop with large resource record sets

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) python-designate, openstack-designate-api, openstack-designate-mdns, openstack-designate-sink, openstack-designate-agent, openstack-designate-common, +2 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) python-designate, python-designate-tests, openstack-designate-api, openstack-designate-mdns, openstack-designate-sink, openstack-designate-agent, +6 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 python3-designate, openstack-designate-api, openstack-designate-mdns, openstack-designate-sink, openstack-designate-agent, openstack-designate-common, +3 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 python3-designate, openstack-designate-api, openstack-designate-mdns, openstack-designate-sink, openstack-designate-agent, openstack-designate-common, +3 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0 openstack-designate 16.0.2-18.0.20240620195552.ff1986c.el9ost
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”

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Exploit prediction

2.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.launchpad.net https://bugs.launchpad.net/designate/+bug/1471161 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
GitHub 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi designate
1 listed version
 no fix listed

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

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