CVE-2006-7254

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-19

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Apr 10, 2019
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified
CVE-2006-7254: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix