CVE-2015-5477 ISC BIND Data Processing Errors Vulnerability

BOD 26-04 remediation window

With CISA's SSVC answers for this CVE (automatable: yes, technical impact: total), BOD 26-04 Table 1 gives 3 days and forensic triage on a publicly exposed asset (row 1) and 3 days and forensic triage on an asset that is not publicly exposed (row 9) ^S06. CISA set the catalogue due date at 3 days; under BOD 26-04 it reflects CISA's own view of whether the flaw sits on publicly exposed assets ^S07. The directive binds US federal civilian executive branch agencies only.

What CISA says

Short description

ISC BIND contains a data processing errors vulnerability that could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via TKEY queries.

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.

Notes

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

CWE in the catalogue

CWE-19

Official links

• CISA KEV catalogue entry cisa.gov
• NVD record nvd.nist.gov

Vendor advisory and patch links

References NVD tags Vendor Advisory or Patch, exactly as NVD lists them.

• https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01272 Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory; NVD marks this link broken

Links in CISA's notes

• 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
• https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk
• 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

NVD details

CWE (NVD)

CWE-19 by nvd@nist.gov, CWE-617 by CISA ADP

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS versions in NVD

V2, V31

Last modified in NVD

2026-11-03T22:17:06.353

Where each value comes from

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