VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2006-3121
The peel_netstring function in cl_netstring.c in the heartbeat subsystem in High-Availability Linux before 1.2.5, and 2.0 before 2.0.7, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via the length parameter in a heartbeat message.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 13.3%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.3%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The peel_netstring function in cl_netstring.c in the heartbeat subsystem in High-Availability Linux before 1.2.5, and 2.0 before 2.0.7, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via the length parameter in a heartbeat message.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 13.35% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- high availability linux project/heartbeat
- Source
- security@debian.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21505Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21511Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21518Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21521Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21629Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-23.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1151Patch
- http://www.linux-ha.org/SecurityIssuesPatch
- http://www.linux-ha.org/_cache/SecurityIssues__sec03.txt
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:142
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19516Patch
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-335-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3288Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28396
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21505Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21511Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21518Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21521Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21629Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-23.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1151Patch
- http://www.linux-ha.org/SecurityIssuesPatch
- http://www.linux-ha.org/_cache/SecurityIssues__sec03.txt
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:142
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19516Patch
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-335-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3288Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28396
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.