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CVE-2006-1624

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2006-04-05 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References