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CVE-2015-5477: ISC BIND
ISC BIND Data Processing Errors Vulnerability
Actively exploited (CISA KEV) HIGH severity
Description
ISC BIND contains a data processing errors vulnerability that could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via TKEY queries.
Key facts
- CVSS v3
- 7.5 (HIGH)
- CVSS v2
- 7.8 (HIGH)
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Published
- 2015-07-29
- Last modified
- 2026-11-03
- NVD status
- Analyzed
- Added to CISA KEV
- 2026-10-08
- CISA due date
- 2026-10-11
Required action
Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
This vulnerability could affect an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see: https://web.archive.org/web/20150729014733/https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01272 ; https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1513.html; https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2016-01-Security-Bulletin-Junos-Vulnerability-in-ISC-BIND-named-CVE-2015-5477 ; BOD 26-04: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; Forensics Triage Requirements: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5477
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-19
- CWE-617