VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2006-1624
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability2.85%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2006-04-05
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Description
The default configuration of syslogd in the Linux sysklogd package does not enable the -x (disable name lookups) option, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via messages with spoofed source IP addresses.