CVE-2006-3815

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.

Category

2.1
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.17%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/21231 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2994 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-23.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21629 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1128 vendor advisory
http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-ha-cvs%40lists.linux-ha.org/msg00753.html patch
http://www.linux-ha.org/_cache/SecurityIssues__sec03.txt
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:142 vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016602 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21162 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19186 vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-326-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21240 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21521 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://cvs.linux-ha.org/viewcvs/viewcvs.cgi/linux-ha/heartbeat/heartbeat.c?r1=1.513&r2=1.514 patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-3815?
CVE-2006-3815 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-3815?
To fix CVE-2006-3815, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-3815 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2006-3815 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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