CVE-2006-7254

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-04-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-19

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 products

GNU C Library (glibc): before 2.5 — fixed in 2.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GNU C Library (glibc) 2.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2498
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2498

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