CVE-2015-5986 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting ISC BIND versions 9.9.7 before 9.9.7-P3 and 9.10.x before 9.10.2-P4, including Apple's macOS Server. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted DNS response, causing the named daemon to crash due to an assertion failure. With a CVSS score of 7.1, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its network-based attack vector, medium attack complexity, and complete denial-of-service impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV listing, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 9.9.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:p2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 9.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:p3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:5.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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