Data Handling in Glibc - CVE-2006-7254
Published: April 10, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31119
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-7254
CWE-ID: CWE-19
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
Glibc
Glibc
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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 mitigate CVE-2006-7254
Install update from vendor's website.