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UK Cyber Defence
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

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.