Improper Data Handling Affecting glibc package, versions <2.5-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-GLIBC-343276
  • published10 Apr 2019
  • disclosed10 Apr 2019

Introduced: 10 Apr 2019

CVE-2006-7254  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-19  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 glibc to version 2.5-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc package and not the glibc package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.