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CVE-2015-5159

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5159 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in python-kdcproxy versions prior to 0.3.2, affecting the kdcproxy_project kdcproxy product. Attackers can exploit this by sending a large POST request, leading to a high-severity impact with a CVSS score of 7.5. While the attack vector is network-based and requires low complexity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kdcproxy_project:kdcproxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0219 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: kdcproxyFixed in: 0.3.2
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-j7c4-2xj8-wm7rhigh

Improper Input Validation in kdcproxy

Nov 1, 2018
redhatCVE-2015-5159Low

python-kdcproxy: Missing request size limit allows denial of service

Jul 21, 2015

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingMitigationPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / latchset/kdcproxy/commit/f274aa6787cb8b3ec1cc12c440a56665b7231882
PatchVendor Advisory