CVE-2006-1624

CVE-2006-1624 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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

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