{"id":"CVE-2015-5230","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-5230","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:06:05.002Z","title":"The DNS packet parsing/generation code in PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server 3.4.x before 3.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted query packets.","description":"The DNS packet parsing/generation code in PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server 3.4.x before 3.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted query packets.","published":"2020-01-15T17:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:28:43.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["powerdns/authoritative","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.09021,"percentile":0.95241,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (9.02%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3347","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033475","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-02/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3347","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033475","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-02/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5230","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}