medium5.5
CVE-2006-7254
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 …
Impact
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Gnu | Glibc | before 2.5 |