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title: "CVE-2015-5695\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-5695

Publication date 31 August 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.5 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5695?format=md#impact-score)

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## 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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| designate | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5695?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| designate | * Upstream:   [?id=46f](https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/designate/commit/?id=46f187f53506de1237cdd14b5d2a69e73fd8f720) * Upstream:   [?id=789](https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/designate/commit/?id=789709f1db081222c2e4d21d287781e437b76a95) * Upstream:   <https://review.openstack.org/#/c/206580/> * Upstream:   <https://review.openstack.org/#/c/206581/> |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.5 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | Low |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.5 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5695)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5695)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-5695)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5695)

### Other references

* <https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=143811778831673&w=2>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5695>