Resource exhaustion in OpenStack Designate

CVE-2015-5695

Designate 2015.1.0 through 1.0.0.0b1 as packaged in OpenStack Kilo does not enforce RecordSets per domain, and Records per RecordSet quotas when processing an internal zone file transfer, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted resource record set.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.021 (81.3th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 81.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2015-5695: held from 0.019 to 0.021.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.021 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5695?
CVE-2015-5695 is a medium-severity vulnerability in OpenStack Designate, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-08-31.
How severe is CVE-2015-5695?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.