CVE-2015-5694

Designate does not enforce the DNS protocol limit concerning record set sizes

Published: 2019-11-22 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-5694 is rated Moderate Risk (52/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.59%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-5694

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.94% 1.59% +0.65%
2 2025-04-05 0.98% 0.94% -0.04%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.98% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-5694

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-5694

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2015-5694

GHSA-c33m-22cr-j9x4 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — Designate does not enforce the DNS protocol limit concerning record set sizes

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-5694

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-5694 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (designate), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5694
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5694
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-5694 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (designate), 8 status rows across 8 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 3, DNE 2, not-affected 2, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5694

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-5694

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack designate 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:designate:1.0.0:a0:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack designate 1.0.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:designate:1.0.0.0:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack designate 2015.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:designate:2015.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_openstack_platform 7 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_openstack_platform:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-5694

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