CVE-2006-1624 (GCVE-0-2006-1624)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-04-05 10:00
Modified
2024-08-07 17:19
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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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