ubuntu-cve-2015-5159
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-10-30 18:29
Modified
2025-07-16 04:50
Summary
Details

python-kdcproxy before 0.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large POST request.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "python-kdcproxy",
            "binary_version": "0.3.2-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python3-kdcproxy",
            "binary_version": "0.3.2-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "python-kdcproxy",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-kdcproxy@0.3.2-1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.3.2-1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": []
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "python-kdcproxy before 0.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large POST request.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5159",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:52Z",
  "published": "2018-10-30T18:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5159"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245200"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/latchset/kdcproxy/commit/f274aa6787cb8b3ec1cc12c440a56665b7231882"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5159"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2015-5159"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:43:14Z"
}



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