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CVE-2015-5159

Improper Input Validation in kdcproxy

7.5 HighFix available

python-kdcproxy before 0.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large POST request.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.19%Up 1.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

python-kdcproxy before 0.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large POST request.

Record
CVE-2015-5159
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

python-kdcproxy before 0.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large POST request.

Record
CVE-2015-5159
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-0081 No score

python-kdcproxy before 0.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large POST request.

Record
EUVD-2018-0081
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j7c4-2xj8-wm7r 8.7

Improper Input Validation in kdcproxy

python-kdcproxy before 0.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large POST request.

Record
GHSA-j7c4-2xj8-wm7r
CVSS 4.0
8.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-j7c4-2xj8-wm7r 8.7

Improper Input Validation in kdcproxy

python-kdcproxy before 0.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large POST request.

Record
GHSA-j7c4-2xj8-wm7r
CVSS 4.0
8.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-5159 7.5

python-kdcproxy before 0.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large POST request.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5159
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2018-85 No score

python-kdcproxy before 0.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large POST request.

Record
PYSEC-2018-85
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kdcproxy
PyPI
 before 0.3.2
0.3.2
kdcproxy
PyPI
 before 0.3.2, plus listed versions
0.3.1
0.3.2

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2015-5159 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Kdcproxy Project Kdcproxy, published October 30, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.19%, the 82nd percentile. Fixed in kdcproxy 0.3.2.

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