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CVE-2015-5695

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5695 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in OpenStack Designate versions 2015.1.0 through 1.0.0.0b1. The flaw allows remote authenticated attackers to trigger an infinite loop by providing a crafted resource record set during an internal zone file transfer, bypassing quota enforcement. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to a complete denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.0.0b1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:designate:1.0.0.0b1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0a0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:designate:1.0.0a0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2015.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:designate:2015.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0215 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 21,951 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo)Fixed in: openstack-designate

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-m6h2-634h-jcpjhigh

Designate mDNS DoS through incorrect handling of large RecordSets

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2015-5695Low

openstack-designate: Infinite loop with large resource record sets

Jul 28, 2015

References

lists.openstack.org / pipermail/openstack/2015-July/013548.html
PatchVendor Advisory
bugs.launchpad.net / designate/+bug/1471161
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
launchpadlibrarian.net / 211525251/bug-1471161-quotas-master.patch
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/07/28/11
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/07/29/6
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory