CVE-2006-7254
published 2019-04-10CVE-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…
PriorityP417medium5.5CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.30%
22.7th percentile
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
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | glibc | < glibc 2.5-1 (bookworm) | glibc 2.5-1 (bookworm) |
| gnu | glibc | < 2.5 | 2.5 |
| gnu | glibc | >= 0 < 2.5-1 | 2.5-1 |
| gnu | glibc | >= 0 < 2.5-1 | 2.5-1 |
| gnu | glibc | >= 0 < 2.5-1 | 2.5-1 |
| gnu | glibc | >= 0 < 2.5-1 | 2.5-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.05.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.02.1LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-4678-ch99-9rjx: The nscd daemon in the GNU C Library (glibc) before version 2
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-01
CVE-2006-7254 [MEDIUM] GHSA-4678-ch99-9rjx: The nscd daemon in the GNU C Library (glibc) before version 2
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.
OSV
CVE-2006-7254: The nscd daemon in the GNU C Library (glibc) before version 2
osv·2019-04-10·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2006-7254 [MEDIUM] CVE-2006-7254: The nscd daemon in the GNU C Library (glibc) before version 2
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.
Red Hat
glibc: Not closing unhadleable client sockets due to nscd daemon leads to DoS.
vendor_redhat·2006-03-31·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2006-7254 [MEDIUM] CWE-400 glibc: Not closing unhadleable client sockets due to nscd daemon leads to DoS.
glibc: Not closing unhadleable client sockets due to nscd daemon leads to DoS.
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.
Package: glibc (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Not affected
Package: glibc (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: glibc (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Package: glibc (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2006-7254: glibc - The nscd daemon in the GNU C Library (glibc) before version 2.5 does not close i...
vendor_debian·2006·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2006-7254 [MEDIUM] CVE-2006-7254: glibc - The nscd daemon in the GNU C Library (glibc) before version 2.5 does not close i...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.5-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.5-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.5-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.5-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.5-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2006-7254 glibc: Not closing unhadleable client sockets due to nscd daemon leads to DoS.
bugzilla·2019-04-11·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2006-7254 [MEDIUM] CVE-2006-7254 glibc: Not closing unhadleable client sockets due to nscd daemon leads to DoS.
CVE-2006-7254 glibc: Not closing unhadleable client sockets due to nscd daemon leads to DoS.
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.
Discussion:
Created glibc tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-28 [bug 1698739]
Affects: fedora-29 [bug 1698740]
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External References:
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2498
Bugzilla
CVE-2006-7254 glibc: Not closing unhadleable client sockets due to nscd daemon leads to DoS. [fedora-29]
bugzilla·2019-04-11·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2006-7254 [MEDIUM] CVE-2006-7254 glibc: Not closing unhadleable client sockets due to nscd daemon leads to DoS. [fedora-29]
CVE-2006-7254 glibc: Not closing unhadleable client sockets due to nscd daemon leads to DoS. [fedora-29]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-29.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
Discussion:
Use the follo
Bugzilla
CVE-2006-7254 glibc: Not closing unhadleable client sockets due to nscd daemon leads to DoS. [fedora-28]
bugzilla·2019-04-11·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2006-7254 [MEDIUM] CVE-2006-7254 glibc: Not closing unhadleable client sockets due to nscd daemon leads to DoS. [fedora-28]
CVE-2006-7254 glibc: Not closing unhadleable client sockets due to nscd daemon leads to DoS. [fedora-28]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-28.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
Discussion:
Use the follo
2019-04-10
Published