CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-5477

7.5 HIGH Known exploited Published 2015-07-29 Modified 2026-10-09 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

ISC BIND Data Processing Errors Vulnerability — ISC BIND

ISC BIND contains a data processing errors vulnerability that could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via TKEY queries.

Added to KEV
2026-10-08
Remediation due
2026-10-11
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
Notes
This vulnerability could affect an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see: https://web.archive.org/web/20150729014733/https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01272 ; https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1513.html; https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2016-01-Security-Bulletin-Junos-Vulnerability-in-ISC-BIND-named-CVE-2015-5477 ; BOD 26-04: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; Forensics Triage Requirements: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5477
Status
Analyzed
Published
2015-07-29
Last modified
2026-10-09
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-19, CWE-617

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.

Affected configurations

• juniper junos (< 12.1) • juniper junos (>= 13.1 < 13.2) • juniper junos 12.1 • juniper junos 12.1r • juniper junos 12.1x44 • juniper junos 12.1x45 • juniper junos 12.1x46 • juniper junos 12.1x47 • juniper junos 12.3 • juniper junos 12.3x48 • juniper junos 12.3x50 • juniper junos 13.2 • juniper junos 13.2x51 • juniper junos 14.1 • juniper junos 14.1x50 • juniper junos 14.1x51 • juniper junos 14.1x53 • juniper junos 14.2 • juniper junos 15.1 • juniper junos 15.1x49 • juniper junos 15.1x53 • fedoraproject fedora 21 • fedoraproject fedora 22 • redhat enterprise linux 5.0 • redhat enterprise linux 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux aus 6.4 • redhat enterprise linux aus 6.5 • redhat enterprise linux aus 6.6 • debian debian linux 7.0 • debian debian linux 8.0 • oracle vm server 3.2 • oracle solaris 10 • oracle solaris 11.2 • hp hp-ux 11.11 • hp hp-ux 11.23 • hp hp-ux 11.31 • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • netapp clustered data ontap • apple os x server 4.1.5 • hpe dns 9.2.3 • hpe dns 9.3 • hp openvms 5.7 • hpe vcx (< 9.8.18) • suse linux enterprise debuginfo 11 • opensuse evergreen 11.4 • opensuse opensuse 13.1 • opensuse opensuse 13.2 • suse linux enterprise desktop 11 • suse linux enterprise desktop 12 • suse linux enterprise server 10 • suse linux enterprise server 11 • suse linux enterprise server 12 • suse linux enterprise software development kit 11 • suse linux enterprise software development kit 12 • isc bind (>= 9.1.0 < 9.9.7) • isc bind (>= 9.10.0 < 9.10.2) • isc bind 9.10.2

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-617 Reachable Assertion weakness

References