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high 7.1

CVE-2015-5986 in the critical feed json

openpgpkey_61.c in named in ISC BIND 9.9.7 before 9.9.7-P3 and 9.10.x before 9.10.2-P4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…

published 2015-09-05 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-5929

cvss
7.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
26.9%
EPSS 26.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

openpgpkey_61.c in named in ISC BIND 9.9.7 before 9.9.7-P3 and 9.10.x before 9.10.2-P4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (REQUIRE assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted DNS response.

Patch / fix

  • bind openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.10.3P4-21.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10467-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-5986 updated cvss 4.3

Bind: fromwire_openpgpkey() incorrect boundary check Denial of Service

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 bind Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 bind, bind97 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 bind, bind-sdb, bind-libs, bind-utils, bind-chroot Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 bind, bind-sdb, bind-libs, bind-utils, bind-chroot, bind-pkcs11, +6 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

26.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.1 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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