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Vulnerability details: VCID-bb3a-3ehq-8bhd
Vulnerability ID VCID-bb3a-3ehq-8bhd
Aliases CVE-2015-5311
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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.5
Risk 2.2
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
System Score Found at
epss 0.00478 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5311
epss 0.00478 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5311
epss 0.00478 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5311
epss 0.00478 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5311
epss 0.00478 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5311
epss 0.00478 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5311
epss 0.00478 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5311
epss 0.00478 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5311
epss 0.00478 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5311
epss 0.00478 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5311
epss 0.00478 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5311
epss 0.00478 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5311
epss 0.00478 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5311
epss 0.00478 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5311
epss 0.00478 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5311
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5311
Reference id Reference type URL
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
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5311
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5311
https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-03/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/09/3
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034098
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2015-5311 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5311
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5311
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.6491
EPSS Score 0.00478
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T16:31:45.611583+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.0.0