7.8 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.012 Low
EPSS
Percentile
85.4%
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.