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CVE-2015-5986

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 26.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-09-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

openpgpkey_61.c in named in ISC BIND 9.9.7 before 9.9.7-P3 and 9.10.x before 9.10.2-P4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (REQUIRE assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted DNS response.

Affected products

• Apple Mac Os X Server: 5.0.15
• ISC BIND: through 9.9.7; through 9.10.2

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00009.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165810.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167465.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76618
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033453
• https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01291
• https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01305
• https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01306
• https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01307
• https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01438
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10134
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-01

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