CVE-2006-7254

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    CVE-2006-7254

    Published: 10 Apr 2019Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The nscd daemon in the GNU C Library (glibc) before version 2.5 does not close incoming client sockets if they cannot be handled by the daemon, allowing local users to carry out a denial of service attack on the daemon.

    References: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2498, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2498, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2498

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High