Is CVE-2006-7254 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2006-7254 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2006-7254?

CVE-2006-7254 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2006-7254?

CVE-2006-7254 has an EPSS score of 0.30% (22th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2006-7254?

Upgrade glibc on debian 11 to 2.5-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2006-7254

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

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.

CWE-19

How to fix

Remediation Available

glibcDebian

Fixed in:2.5-1CVE-2006-7254

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.30%probability of exploitation in 30 days

22ndpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 22% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

sourceware.org

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.