VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2006-7254

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM

EPSS probability0.30%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2019-04-10

Last modified2026-06-16

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

Description

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.

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory