CVE-2006-1624

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.8/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected software

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References

Timeline

Published
Apr 5, 2006
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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