CVE-2006-7254

N/A
Published: April 10, 2019 at 07:52 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:34 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGlibc

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2.5
Affected range stops below 2.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2498

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-19

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