CVE-2006-1624

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-04-05 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.20.1

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/429618/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/429739/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25672
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/429618/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/429739/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25672

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