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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…
Low2.1EPSS 0.78%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.78% · top 44% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (15)
- 21231 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2994 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- GLSA-200608-23 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 21629 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1128 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-ha-cvs%40lists.linux-ha.org/msg00753.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.linux-ha.org/_cache/SecurityIssues__sec03.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:142 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 1016602 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 21162 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19186 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-326-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 21240 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21521 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://cvs.linux-ha.org/viewcvs/viewcvs.cgi/linux-ha/heartbeat/heartbeat.c?r1=1.513&r2=1.514 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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