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ubuntu-cve-2015-5311

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2015-11-17 15:59

Modified

2025-07-16 04:50

Summary

Details

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.

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5311	REPORT
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/09/3	REPORT
	https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-adv…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5311	REPORT

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        "availability": "No subscription required",
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  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:53Z",
  "published": "2015-11-17T15:59:00Z",
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
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    {
      "score": "low",
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    }
  ],
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  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:43:15Z"
}

CVE-2015-5311 (GCVE-0-2015-5311)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-11-17 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:41

Summary

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat

References

6 references

URL	Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/09/3	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034098	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-adv…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA

Date Public

2015-11-09 00:00

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2015-5311 (GCVE-0-2015-5311)

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