CVE-2015-5311

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 67.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-11-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server 3.4.4 before 3.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and server crash) via crafted query packets.

Affected products

PowerDNS Authoritative: 3.4.4, 3.4.5, 3.4.6

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171865.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171976.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172193.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/09/3
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034098
https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-03/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171865.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171976.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172193.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/09/3
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034098
https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-03/

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