Is CVE-2015-5695 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2015-5695 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2015-5695?

CVE-2015-5695 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2015-5695?

CVE-2015-5695 has an EPSS score of 2.15% (80th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5695?

Upgrade designate on debian 11 to 2015.1.0+2015.08.26.git34.9fa07c5798-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2015-5695

MEDIUMEPSS 80th pctl

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-400Resource Exhaustion

How to fix

Remediation Available

designateDebian

Fixed in:2015.1.0+2015.08.26.git34.9fa07c5798-1CVE-2015-5695

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.15%probability of exploitation in 30 days

80thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 80% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Exploit1

bugs.launchpad.net

Third-Party Advisory3

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CVE-2019-11478	Medium	5.3	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-25617	Medium	5.3	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-1000115	High	7.5	89%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.