CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2006-7254
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.30%
Original NVD 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.
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