CVE-2006-7254
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.04%
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.
How to fix CVE-2006-7254
To remediate CVE-2006-7254, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/glibc—upgrade to 2.5-1 or later
Is CVE-2006-7254 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.5-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |