7.8
CVSSv2

CVE-2006-1624

Published: 05/04/2006 Updated: 18/10/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 694
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

The default configuration of syslogd in the Linux sysklogd package does not enable the -x (disable name lookups) option, which allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via messages with spoofed source IP addresses.

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