CVE-2006-7254 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5