VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2006-3815
heartbeat.c in heartbeat before 2.0.6 sets insecure permissions in a shmget call for shared memory, which allows local users to cause an unspecified denial of service via unknown vectors, possibly during a short time window on startup.
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.78%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.78%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
heartbeat.c in heartbeat before 2.0.6 sets insecure permissions in a shmget call for shared memory, which allows local users to cause an unspecified denial of service via unknown vectors, possibly during a short time window on startup.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.78% probability · 54th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- linux-ha/heartbeat
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://cvs.linux-ha.org/viewcvs/viewcvs.cgi/linux-ha/heartbeat/heartbeat.c?r1=1.513&r2=1.514Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21162Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21231Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21240Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21521Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21629Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-23.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016602
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1128
- http://www.linux-ha.org/_cache/SecurityIssues__sec03.txt
- http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-ha-cvs%40lists.linux-ha.org/msg00753.htmlPatch
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:142
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19186
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-326-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2994Vendor Advisory
- http://cvs.linux-ha.org/viewcvs/viewcvs.cgi/linux-ha/heartbeat/heartbeat.c?r1=1.513&r2=1.514Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21162Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21231Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21240Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21521Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21629Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-23.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016602
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1128
- http://www.linux-ha.org/_cache/SecurityIssues__sec03.txt
- http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-ha-cvs%40lists.linux-ha.org/msg00753.htmlPatch
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:142
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19186
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-326-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2994Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.