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CVE-2015-5477

CVE-2015-5477HIGH

n/a n/a — named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.7-P2 and 9.10.x before 9.10.2-P3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (REQUIRE assertion…

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   N  U  N  N  H    7.5   .9941   99.9   YES

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  Jul 10  Reserved by mitre
  Jul 29  Published (CNA: mitre)
  Oct 8   ADDED TO KEV — CVE-2015-5477. Remediation due October 11, 2026.
  Oct 12  DUE DATE PASSED — CVE-2015-5477. CISA remediation deadline was October 11, 2026; still in catalog.

CWE-19, CWE-617 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v3.1 · 43 references · NVD status: Analyzed · KEV due October 11, 2026

Description

named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.7-P2 and 9.10.x before 9.10.2-P3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (REQUIRE assertion failure and daemon exit) via TKEY queries.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 4 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
July 10, 2015	Reserved	Reserved by mitre
July 29, 2015	Published	Published (CNA: mitre)
October 8, 2026	KEV ADDED	ADDED TO KEV — CVE-2015-5477. Remediation due October 11, 2026.
October 12, 2026	DUE DATE PASSED	DUE DATE PASSED — CVE-2015-5477. CISA remediation deadline was October 11, 2026; still in catalog.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-19 · CWE-617

References (43)

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10718 [Mitigation, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163006.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163007.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163015.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00043.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00044.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00045.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00048.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00050.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00001.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00033.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144000632319155&w=2 [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144017354030745&w=2 [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144181171013996&w=2 [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144294073801304&w=2 [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132926/BIND-TKEY-Query-Denial-Of-Service.html [Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1513.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1514.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1515.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0078.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0079.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3319 [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76092 [Third Party Advisory]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033100 [Broken Link]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2693-1 [Third Party Advisory]
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04789415 [Third Party Advisory]
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04952480 [Third Party Advisory]
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05095918 [Third Party Advisory]
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01272 [Patch, Vendor Advisory, Broken Link]
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01305 [Broken Link]
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01306 [Broken Link]
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01307 [Broken Link]
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01438 [Broken Link]
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10783 [Third Party Advisory]
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10126 [Broken Link]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-01 [Third Party Advisory]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20160114-0001/ [Third Party Advisory]
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205032 [Third Party Advisory]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5477 [US Government Resource]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37721/ [Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37723/ [Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]

Authoritative record: CVE-2015-5477 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-19 · CWE-617

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