SB2006040502 - Insufficient verification of data authenticity in Linux kernel
Published: April 5, 2006
Security Bulletin ID
SB2006040502
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Insufficient verification of data authenticity (CVE-ID: CVE-2006-1624)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.